Elections Commission did not implement most recommendations: Audit Report

The Auditor General’s Office has said that the Elections Commission had not taken any measures to redress its violations of the law, despite having been notified to do so.

This was stated in the Audit Report of the Elections Commission for 2012, published by the Auditor General’s Office today.

The report states that money had been spent in excess by members of the Elections Commission during trips abroad, and this money had not been reclaimed despite having been notified to do so.

The report states that ballot papers were printed in 2011 without submitting the details to the Tender Evaluation Board, and the commission had been notified to take action against the officials responsible for this, which had also not been done.

The report states that MVR 12,999 was paid in excess as salaries for some employees in 2011, while some other employees were paid less than their entitled salaries.

The report notes that despite having been notified, the commission had neither reclaimed the money paid in excess to some employees, nor compensated the employees who had been pied less than their entitled salaries.

The report notes that the commission had also not reclaimed, as recommended in the Audit Report for 2010, some phones purchased for use by the members and some senior officials of the commission. The commission had also not taken any action to claim compensation for six laptops that were purchased in 2010, and later went missing.

The auditor general also noted in the report that the commission had not collected MVR 20,000 as fine from political parties after they failed to submit audit reports as required.

The report states that political parties had not submitted audit reports for 2011, and the commission had taken no action as required under the Public Finance Act other than sending a letter regarding the fine for failure to submit the reports.