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Foreign travel and public business
published: Tuesday | January 30, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody L13eH="true">
We are more than a little bit surprised by Prime Minister Simpson Miller's response to the report on Sunday about the cost of foreign <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">travels</SPAN> and whether others in the Office of the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Prime </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Minister</SPAN> had breached the rules regarding per diem allowances.
It is hardly our business, or the business of anyone else, that Mrs. Simpson Miller's husband has given her a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">credit </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">card</SPAN> to use on her travels, except if she uses that credit card to conduct business on behalf of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN>. In that regard, the rules for public officials is that they should first have permission from the Ministry of Finance for the transaction if they expect reimbursement from the national treasury.
There are two points, therefore, to which we would have expected the Prime Minister or her office
Foreign travel and public business
published: Tuesday | January 30, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody L13eH="true">
We are more than a little bit surprised by Prime Minister Simpson Miller's response to the report on Sunday about the cost of foreign <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">travels</SPAN> and whether others in the Office of the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Prime </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Minister</SPAN> had breached the rules regarding per diem allowances.
It is hardly our business, or the business of anyone else, that Mrs. Simpson Miller's husband has given her a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">credit </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">card</SPAN> to use on her travels, except if she uses that credit card to conduct business on behalf of <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN>. In that regard, the rules for public officials is that they should first have permission from the Ministry of Finance for the transaction if they expect reimbursement from the national treasury.
There are two points, therefore, to which we would have expected the Prime Minister or her office