KUALA LUMPUR: The initiative under the Government Transformation Programme 2.0 to table the Auditor-General’s Report thrice a year allows the public increased access to scrutinise and seek accountability on issues highlighted in the report.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Idris Jala said the A-G’s Report was integral to fight corruption.
“Our report is detailed because of the need for transparency. It highlights not only the improvements required of the government, but also the best practices for ministries or agencies to learn from.
“Doing this review three times a year demonstrates the commitment to accountability by the government.
“I have yet to see an A-G’s Report from other countries as comprehensive as ours,” Idris said in a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Department’s Performance Management Delivery Unit (Pemandu).
On a media briefing on the report led by Datuk Paul Low at the Institute of Integrity Malaysia on Monday, Idris said the open dialogue session with the media was unprecedented but necessary, and ap-plauded civil servants for their commitment to transparency.
He said the government was serious about engaging the public and understood the importance of clarity on certain issues in efforts to move towards a more transparent and open form of governance.
Idris also commended Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa and the ministerial secretary generals for their involvement in Monday’s session.
The 90-minute question and answer session with the media was chaired by Ali Hamsa.
Pemandu’s National Key Results Area director of anti-corruption, Ravindran Devagunam, said high-level government officials were becoming increasingly open about issues highlighted in the report.
“Being audited is a tedious process and to answer for things that don’t add up is not easy but must be done,” Ravindran said.
Pemandu said reporting on the
A-G’s Report at every parliamentary sitting was the first of three initiatives aimed at allowing for the scrutiny of the government’s expenditure.
A-G’s Report at every parliamentary sitting was the first of three initiatives aimed at allowing for the scrutiny of the government’s expenditure.
The second initiative was an online dashboard to track the statuses of cases reported by the A-G.
The third initiative was the setting up of an action committee by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission.
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