Thread by @StateCaptureCom

Mr. Godi says in the period during which he chaired SCOPA, all of our reports contained recommendations as regards required corrective action. For example, #StateCaptureInquiry

He says their reports would request certain Ministers to report to Parliament on specified steps taken to address particular issues within a given period. #StateCaptureInquiry

Mr. Godi says SCOPA's reports would in the ordinary course be adopted by the National Assembly. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says generally the office of the Speaker would issue requests to Ministers in accordance with SCOPA reports. #StateCaptureInquiry

Mr. Godi says but, there was no structured mechanism in place to follow up adequately and ultimately to hold the Executive accountable. #StateCaptureInquiry

He adds that in his view and the view of the Committee, this severely hamstrung the exercise of adequate oversight. Committee members became increasingly frustrated with the lack of responsiveness of the Executive. #StateCaptureInquiry

Mr. Godi says in an effort to remedy this, he approached the Chair of Chairs, Mr. Cedrick Fralick, sometime during the Fourth Parliament. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says he then gave him an assurance that the office of the Speaker would configure a "dashboard" which would keep track of deadlines and follow up and ensure compliance with all House resolutions. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says but no such dashboard was configured and no alternative mechanism was adopted by Parliament to monitor and enforce compliance with House resolutions. #StateCaptureInquiry

Mr. Godi says the problem of non-implementation by the Executive of remedial measures required by SCOPA reports remained a significant problem right up to the end of my tenure as chair of SCOPA. #StateCaptureInquiry

He says in addition, there was an unwillingness to acknowledge that vexing issues had reached "problem status", even in the face of clear and emphatic reports from the AGSA and the Committee. #StateCaptureInquiry