(Kaieteur News) – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is seeking to have the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) examine the audited accounts of constitutional agencies.

In a statement on Saturday, PAC member and APNU Member of Parliament (MP) Ganesh Mahipaul said: “For reasons unknown to us, the PAC has never examined audited reports and statements of Constitutional Agencies and several Statutory Bodies. We will be seeking to request of the committee to begin to examine the reports of those agencies in keeping with its mandate, which is to examine the accounts showing the appropriation of the sums granted by the Assembly to meet public expenditure, and such other accounts laid before the Assembly as the Assembly may refer to the committee, together with the Auditor General’s report thereon, in keeping with Standing Order 82(1).”

He revealed that the PAC is expected to convene its second meeting tomorrow at the Parliament Building, after several failed attempts to do so. The meeting will be held behind closed doors, as it is intended to address procedural and administrative matters necessary for the effective functioning of the committee. These include the continuation of work left unfinished by the PAC of the 12th Parliament, the adoption of a work programme, and the scheduling of meetings for the years ahead.