News | Wednesday 15th June, 2011 |
By JONATHAN TANNOS
MOST of the 89 Open Electorates in PNG are likely to miss out on their full District Support Improvement Program (DSIP) funds for 2010 and 2011 because their Members failed to acquit initial releases.
This hard reality was yesterday announced by Finance and Treasury Minister, Peter O’Neill, in Parliament.
Mr O’Neill said where there were no acquittals for DSIP funds, there would be no releases.
Mr O’Neill was answering questions from the Member for Telefomin, Peter Ivei, who asked when the full release of development grants, including DSIP, District Support Grants, be released to Members of Parliament.
Mr Ivei said the general election was fast approaching and MPs had to deliver projects to their people on time.
Mr O’Neill said warrants of release for K89 million in DSIP funds for 2011 had already been issued to the Office of Rural Development, who in turn would remit them to all district treasuries.
He said despite that, it was most unfortunate that some Members would be missing out because they had not fully acquitted for their 2010 allocations.
This meant that they would also be missing out on their 2011 allocations.
He said where there were no acquittals, no DSIP funds would be released.
Mr O’Neill said DSIP was not an election fund but public money aimed at bringing development to the electorates.
He said many Members of Parliament had not acquitted for past releases and would not be getting any funds until they did so.
MOST of the 89 Open Electorates in PNG are likely to miss out on their full District Support Improvement Program (DSIP) funds for 2010 and 2011 because their Members failed to acquit initial releases.
This hard reality was yesterday announced by Finance and Treasury Minister, Peter O’Neill, in Parliament.
Mr O’Neill said where there were no acquittals for DSIP funds, there would be no releases.
Mr O’Neill was answering questions from the Member for Telefomin, Peter Ivei, who asked when the full release of development grants, including DSIP, District Support Grants, be released to Members of Parliament.
Mr Ivei said the general election was fast approaching and MPs had to deliver projects to their people on time.
Mr O’Neill said warrants of release for K89 million in DSIP funds for 2011 had already been issued to the Office of Rural Development, who in turn would remit them to all district treasuries.
He said despite that, it was most unfortunate that some Members would be missing out because they had not fully acquitted for their 2010 allocations.
This meant that they would also be missing out on their 2011 allocations.
He said where there were no acquittals, no DSIP funds would be released.
Mr O’Neill said DSIP was not an election fund but public money aimed at bringing development to the electorates.
He said many Members of Parliament had not acquitted for past releases and would not be getting any funds until they did so.
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