There will be no witch-hunting by the Cabinet of T&T but Government will not be turning a blind eye and allowing wrongdoing to become fashionable in the country.
That was the promise of Prime Minister Dr Keith rowley as he addressed the post-Cabinet press conference yesterday.
Rowley said that while speaking about reports of wrongdoing, which ministers discussed during the budget debate.
“During the debate many ministers reported on what they had encountered in their ministries.
“Some of what they have reported have been quite shocking and scandalous with respect to the discharge of responsibilities, both from the end of the public service and from ministerial control.
“In some instances there might even be criminal conduct involved,” Rowley said.
He said based on these revelations, there was a general sentiment that these developments should not to go unattended and that people are to be held accountable for their actions.”
Rowley said the Government’s position was that if situations where serious wrongdoings were involved, the information would be forwarded to the Office of the Attorney General for action.
“To do otherwise will be a dereliction of duty on the part of any minister who would have found serious misconduct and loss of public assets in any ministry,” he added.
Refusing to comment on specifics, Rowley cautioned the public to behave in a civil way toward these matters.
“We are a society governed by the rule of law and the rule of law is guided by process.
“Do not assume we will be turning a blind eye and allowing wrongdoing to become fashionable in T&T but we are not about bussing mark and scoring political points,” he added.
He said the Cabinet had no authority to prosecute anybody and certainly no intention to persecute anybody.