Well caught, P7.
Interesting tale, it does shine a light in a couple of dark corners. The darkest that of the ‘whistle-blower’.
Kessaris had tried to take a stand against very serious and ongoing financial negligence by refusing to sign off on the DCS annual financial statements and putting his serious concerns into a four-page internal memo to other executives.
I wonder how many ‘honest’ dedicated public servants would love to take a stand, as Kessaris did. But cannot; or, dare not. You can see the trouble Kessaris landed in; just the anxiety and stress it must have caused at home would be enough to deterrent for most, let alone the fear of loosing a job. When you add the almost certain knowledge that your ‘career’ path may well turn into a deep mire, it is clear to see how much courage it takes to “tell it as it is”.
The problem for the government arose in March when the memo was leaked to the media by persons unknown, and Francis went on the defensive. Firmly grasping the wrong end of the stick, the minister said Kessaris was just a disgruntled employee who lost his job after he “got caught out through incompetence” and added he found it “amazing” the CFO “wouldn’t sign off on his own work”.
Above, the other side of the coin: DDDD_MNFI style. Only re election matters, not the country, not the people, not the tax money, not the responsibility of office, just the next election. ‘The Minister’ has no idea of the portfolio, but the executives have and in a perfect world, it is the execs who keep the ministerial arse out of the flames. Protection of income becomes a priority and advice is ‘tempered’, first and foremost, to suit the political agenda. Provided the candidate for re election is not ‘embarrassed’ and unpleasant realities can be cleverly concealed within the scripted words; all is well for the ‘execs’. It don’t take too much imagination to see how public servants, with kids, mortgage and ‘life style’ will sidestep or obfuscate. Particularly when that is what the ‘minister’ requires.
I say Bravo to Kessaris for effort; will that effort change anything? I will not even dignify that question with an answer; but, its nice to know there are some mandarins who care enough to risk the wrath of the incumbent minister for re election, with fact and truth.
Toot toot
Interesting tale, it does shine a light in a couple of dark corners. The darkest that of the ‘whistle-blower’.
Kessaris had tried to take a stand against very serious and ongoing financial negligence by refusing to sign off on the DCS annual financial statements and putting his serious concerns into a four-page internal memo to other executives.
I wonder how many ‘honest’ dedicated public servants would love to take a stand, as Kessaris did. But cannot; or, dare not. You can see the trouble Kessaris landed in; just the anxiety and stress it must have caused at home would be enough to deterrent for most, let alone the fear of loosing a job. When you add the almost certain knowledge that your ‘career’ path may well turn into a deep mire, it is clear to see how much courage it takes to “tell it as it is”.
The problem for the government arose in March when the memo was leaked to the media by persons unknown, and Francis went on the defensive. Firmly grasping the wrong end of the stick, the minister said Kessaris was just a disgruntled employee who lost his job after he “got caught out through incompetence” and added he found it “amazing” the CFO “wouldn’t sign off on his own work”.
Above, the other side of the coin: DDDD_MNFI style. Only re election matters, not the country, not the people, not the tax money, not the responsibility of office, just the next election. ‘The Minister’ has no idea of the portfolio, but the executives have and in a perfect world, it is the execs who keep the ministerial arse out of the flames. Protection of income becomes a priority and advice is ‘tempered’, first and foremost, to suit the political agenda. Provided the candidate for re election is not ‘embarrassed’ and unpleasant realities can be cleverly concealed within the scripted words; all is well for the ‘execs’. It don’t take too much imagination to see how public servants, with kids, mortgage and ‘life style’ will sidestep or obfuscate. Particularly when that is what the ‘minister’ requires.
I say Bravo to Kessaris for effort; will that effort change anything? I will not even dignify that question with an answer; but, its nice to know there are some mandarins who care enough to risk the wrath of the incumbent minister for re election, with fact and truth.
Toot toot