Belgium has finally after 8 years an internal audit committee. This supervises the federal public services. In 2002 agreements were made regarding the establishment of an audit committee. But until now there was no minister managed to do it. In the context of more autonomy for the federal services, an audit committee is founded. The federal government wants to treat them like any other company. Without doubt, it was about time! We owe it all to Guido De Padt (Open VLD), as the other ministers carried the case over to the next one. After 7 months of service, De Padt figured it out so the committee could get off the ground. The deed was signed by Prime Minister Yves Leterme, Minister of Civil Affairs Inge Vervotte and Budget Minister Guy Vanhengel. The committee will have seven experienced members. Cleary, this proves again that the Belgian government takes a nosedive: what had to wait for 8 years is now done in 7 months!
As a matter of fact, the opposite throws cold water on it. Ben Weyts (N-VA) thinks that there are aspects of the modernization of the public services that is uncompleted. Like a service where civil servants can complain about misuses in their departments.
According to Ben Weyts I definitely think that there is still some work to do. However an internal audit committee is a tight spot for De Padt. So in my view, he did already an excellent job but he still needs to work it out.
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I think it's very good for Belgium there is an internal audit commitee after 8 years. Until now, there was no minister succeeded to do it, so it's really clear that it is a difficult task.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI share your opinion. De Padt did a good job, but the job isn't finished yet. There is still a lot of work to do!