We've been reporting on the vacancy that government has put out for a contract officer to fill the post of Auditor General. Well, the Public Service Union has raised a strong objection to it.
A release says, quote, "It is…troubling to the PSU, that the present Government of Belize…would seek to diminish the role of this office by treating it like any other ordinary post in the Public Service. The Office of the Auditor General is a constitutionally enshrined position with guarantee to security of tenure and whose salary should be commensurate with that of a Supreme Court Judge...The proposal by the Briceno Administration to diminish the requirements for the holder of this office and offer a meager salary of fifty thousand dollars per annum to the post of Auditor General, represents the back tracking of yet another commitment made to the Belizean people in its Plan Belize manifesto and portrays the burial of this administrations still-born Good Governance Motions introduced on January 11th, 2021...Proper compensation and security of tenure for the Auditor General are essential to maintain independence and prevent undue influence." End quote.
The Prime Minister has said that - on the contrary - a contract gives a worker independence. He also said that they could not find someone within the public service to fill the post, and thus advertised for a contract officer.
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