Home minister to face public grilling on AFR
Saturday 9th March 2013, 12:00PM GMT.
HOME minister Jonathan Le Tocq, pictured, has been called to answer questions at a public hearing over his department’s handling of the secret AFR settlement.
Scrutiny yesterday announced the terms of reference of that review.
‘There are many important issues arising out of the AFR matter, however, the committee has decided that the way the Home Department has handled its obligations to transparency is the most important concern,’ said Scrutiny chairman Paul Arditti, who will head the panel conducting the review.
‘This is clearly an urgent matter and the panel and its staff will do everything they can to bring this hearing forward at the earliest opportunity, and we trust that the Home Department will treat this important matter with equal urgency.’
One of the lines of inquiry is likely to include whether there has been a breach of the confidentiality arrangement the head of law enforcement Patrick Rice brokered now that deputies have been given details of various costs.
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Somebody is hiding behind the screen and dare not come out to flying Guernsey Tomatoes.
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The significant issues are: who autorised/was consulted on the advisability of an urgent police raid. Why,was an unwarrented night Police raid considered necessary? And why was the matter considered so urgent? The other details are of relatively little consequence.
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I feel a vote of no confidence coming on.
I certainly won’t believe a word J Le T says from now on, mind you, come to think of it. I never did believe a word he said.
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But you HAVE to believe him Sam, haven’t you heard? He’s a christian preacher, he simply HAS to tell the truth, be honourable and behave with morals at all times!
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First we need to know what they were looking fer( police) if it concerned seizing computers then the raid would be carried out when no-one was working and the computer stations were shut down.
So just what did the police want? as for JLT he will survive because no-one who is onside ever gets the boot
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What’s that, Mr Le T, with your ear touch ‘I’m not listening, la la la’ response to the electorates outrage….
can you hear us now?
Hopefully your hearing will be returned to full capacity for your public roasting.
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The home minister has to take guidelines from his fellow committee members before taking action.
If the home minister was advised by the Law enforcement chief then the law enforcement chief would have used his Ethics Code as his guide line.
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The review date is fixed for 9.30am Thursday 21/3 at the Royal Court
I suppose Minister Le Tocq will have little option but to continue with the line of not being able to release confidential figures and the row will just go on and on
That could all be short circuited if Scrutiny invited someone senior from AFR to be called up first ( or provide a written confirmation)and say that AFR has no objection whatsoever for their compensation figure to be released,or even spill the beans themselves
The States confidential agreement policy (a.k.a the secret payments policy)could then be banned in all future deals and the early months love-in with this new States would have an inkling of a chance to return
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