And that accountability is the same thing that John Briceno is asking for - except he is calling for a criminal investigation. That's what he told CTV-3 in Orange Walk after the party's National Party Council Meeting on Saturday:...
Hon. John Briceno, Leader of the Opposition
"Now here we are with the former Director if Immigration who was the Director at that time who basically admits that there has been some sort of electoral fraud. We want to make it absolutely clear, we are going to hold the government accountable, the Prime Minister needs to do the right thing, and he needs to seek at what is going to look at his legacy. Is he going to allow for this to continue to perpetuate this kind of electoral fraud. We are saying that we need to hold the people accountable the people that have orchestrated this plan so we are saying that the Prime Minister needs to call in the DPP to do a thorough investigation."
"We have to hold the government accountable, we have to let them understand that the law was broken and if the law is broken then we need to hold the people accountable. There must be a full and thorough investigation and let the chips fall where they may. if people are found guilty, if ministers are found guilty they need to answer."
Reporter
"The media approached the PM and ask him about the matter, although he was tight lip about it and didn't want to comment saying that he would prefer to wait until the investigation is concluded. He did say though that from what he has seen and from what he has heard, he doesn't see any wrong doings from any of his minister."
Hon. John Briceno, Leader of the Opposition
"I'm not in the least shocked that the Prime Minister is going to try out to spin his way out of this, he was the one that talked about Alibaba and the forty thieves. Obviously something is wrong and were going to be relentless and we are going to hold them accountable for the wrong doing and criminal activities that took place in the immigration department during that time."
Of course, prodding the DPP's office to produce criminal charges is more easily said than done. After the last Senate Inquiry on Social Security investments, the report ran into the hundreds of pages and detailed all kinds of shady deals and misfeasance, but nothing came out of it, other than a couple persons losing their jobs.
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