Readers’ responses
‘Audit flags millions in overpayments, questionable hirings, expenditure at JCDC’
“And the cycle continues, we’ve gotten so immune to these reports that they no longer shock us, we just wait for the next, knowing nothing will be done; but keep up the good work auditor general, some of us appreciate the work you do.” – @panton_garfield
“Jamaicans don’t care about corruption anymore, we saw that with the current administration. All of this will fall on deaf ears; people expect these actions from the Jamaican Government.” – @SirSmikle
“Imagine this is happening, yet @MOFJamaica has placed a hold on other civil servants’ increases; income tax was increased under the table retroactive to April.” – @ MusChangeDotCom
“The JCDC board was bigger than the Senate. Bigger than any listed company in Jamaica. How did this make sense?” – @ Rickoway
“Corruption and Jamaica goes hand in hand.” – @Demarinuh
“Where is the DPP office in all this? Every week is another case. And yet nothing from that office, it like a free-for-all country.”– @DefydiOdds
“If Jamaica only had enough people of integrity handling the country’s affairs, what a wealthy country we would have.” – Joseph Preacher
“Jamaica doesn’t have a money problem. We have more money than we think. That’s why it can be used in these reck less manner.” – Cranston Kelly
“No surprise here, and no one will be held accountable. Then we wonder why our country can never progress.” – Lawrence Odane
“I’m just so sick and tired of these crooked people. Prosecute and let the crooks pay back all the money, or seize property.” – Joan Foster
“All we are hearing are these type of stories. Has anyone gone to prison for t hese crimes?” – Norman Porter
“No surprises here. Corruption, fraud, and abuse are so rampant; they seem like the norm. They’re so deeply entrenched in the system that no amount of auditor reports and policies and procedures can detect and deter all of these occurrences.” – Marlon Benoit
Responses sourced from The Gleaner’s Facebook and Twitter pages.