And moving to the subject of another embattled public official: the Prime Minister gave a staunch defence of embattled Chief Executive Officer Peter Allen. Allen has been called out by the auditor general for not putting measures in place at the Southern Regional Hospital where 366 thousand dollars was siphoned out of an account that no one was checking. Still, the Pm said Allen is a good guy in a tough situation….
Hon. Dean Barrow - Prime Minister of Belize
"I have to go by what I know - and I am conceding that that was - Lord - a misstep. But, examining this thing as closely as I can, I do not feel that again, the bill of indictment that the public, the media have presented against Peter Allen, reaches the point where I, as the person ultimately responsible for CEO's, can say that Peter Allen ought to go. He knows because it's a fact that's ventilated over and over. He knows that there is tightening up that has to be done because he is on the 'back foot' where the media and the public are concerned. I believe him well capable of taking the remedial steps that may be necessary, and as I say, I certainly am utterly convinced that capacity-wise, this guy has it, and can do a job as CEO in the Ministry."
Later on you'll hear the Prime Minister's defense of another embattled employee in the Ministry of Health, Danini Contreras.
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