Beckles: Procurement Bill could open door to gutting Treasury

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ac­cused the Gov­ern­ment of pass­ing leg­is­la­tion that could “open the door to gut­ting the Trea­sury” and al­low bil­lions of dol­lars to be squan­dered.

In a state­ment fol­low­ing the pas­sage of the pro­cure­ment leg­is­la­tion in the Sen­ate, Beck­les said the de­ci­sion by In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tors not to sup­port the Bill had ex­posed what she de­scribed as se­ri­ous con­cerns about the leg­is­la­tion.

“The sim­ple fact is that their de­ci­sions have re­vealed the se­ri­ous con­cerns sur­round­ing this Bill and the ex­tent to which it could be used to gut the Trea­sury and al­low bil­lions of dol­lars to be squan­dered by this UNC Gov­ern­ment,” Beck­les said.