Halifa, I agree with you as far as accountability is a fundamental requirement of good governance. However, what I can understand from your exchange with the finance secretary has nothing to do with the administration's intergrity at all. You asked a legitimate question and the secretary gave the National Assembly plausible reasons for the delay of the Auditor General's report. Indeed he later promised that a report shall be available by the end of December, 2003. Has the administration failed to account for the issue before the house of representatives ? The answer is an emphatic no...unless the secretary fails to honor his word come December 2003. The finance secretary did give a clear synopsis of the whole accounting process i.e the Auditor General gives his/her preliminary report on individual agencies which in turn respond with the appropriate data that either rectify errors or challenge purported allegations in the AG's report. Therefore you will be wrong Halifa to make judgements concerning the integrity of Jammeh administration by accentuating the histrionics of the AG's initial report. I would suggest you defer judgment until the final report is formally submitted to the Finance and Public accounts committee in parliament. Regards, Ebou ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~