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Mr. Godi says prior to his tenure, it had not been the Committee's practice to require Ministers to attend its hearings and to account to it. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says this had been justified on the basis that the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) renders accounting officers and accounting authorities - not Ministers -
accountable. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says ,but they took the view that Ministers are politically
accountable and therefore adopted the practice of calling Ministers to attend our hearings, together with the relevant accounting officers or accounting authorities. #StateCaptureInquiry

Mr. Godi says another change they made was not permitting officials appearing before the Committee to seek to controvert findings already made by the Auditor General (AGSA) in his audit reports. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says such officials had by then already had an opportunity to engage with the AGSA's office before his findings were made and they proceeded on the basis that his findings must be accepted. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says this arrangement made the meetings more fruitful and encouraged robust engagements and deliberations between members of the Committee and officials. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says It also made departments and entities wary of being called to account before the Committee and more inclined to take proper steps to prepare for hearings when called upon to do so. #StateCaptureInquiry