The Constitutional Committee chairman Andreas Norlén and its vice chairman Bjorn von Sydow holds a press conference on the occasion of today’s extraordinary KU meeting.
– We are satisfied that there is no reason to dismiss any of the auditors, says Andreas Norlén.
Andreas Norlén asked how the national audit Office should be able to build trust again.
– It remains to be seen, I think and hope that they will launch an aggressive effort to implement change and work internally. And they will show through high quality audits that they are an independent agency that does not take instructions from anyone and that is knowable, he said.
The hearing of the three Auditors General have provided valuable information for KU’s continue work, says Norlén.
KU Vice-President Bjorn von Sydow said that it was good that became a public hearing.
– We are positive it was a public inquiry, it has come up significant things of interest. The auditors believe that they have taken the wrong decisions at certain points and they also showed an openness that there are grounds for a new investigation, he said.
On August 30, will work to find a replacement for the Auditor Susanne Accum begin.
the committee’s chairman Andreas Norlén (M) and the committee’s deputy chairman, Björn von Sydow (S) at Friday’s press conference after the hearing of the auditors. Photo: Christine Olsson / TT
– I know that there are comments on my person and my way of acting. And also in terms of management of the agency. But I do not consider that any of it is such that it would disqualify me.
How replied Auditor General Margareta Åberg at the final question from the committee’s chairman Andreas Norlén whether she and Ulf Bengtsson believes that “they deserve to continue as auditors General.” Even Bengtsson said that he sees no reason to resign.
Today’s extraordinary hearing of the three national auditors for a range of ills Daily News revealed in several articles, and in July, Susanne Accum to decide to leaving the position.
the three auditors General opened the hearing with a long speech in which they described the work of changing the national audit activities to better be able to deliver the kind of audits by Parliament. The improvements, which began in 2015, demanded among other things that needed to recruit a number of new people.
When some of recruitments has committed procedural error, they admitted.
– my mistake was that in my eagerness to find as good employees as possible infringed the formal process, admitted Susanne Accum.
Susanne Accum has resigned from his post as auditor General. Photo: Malin Hoelstad
At the same time, she said that it drew the attention of the quote from an email in which she wrote that the ad would be tailored to a person she wanted to recruit “taken out of context”.
– this is a specialist service that never launched, because we got the space to set up a permanent position and then searched this person in competition with others.
Accum also hit from the criticism of suspicious disqualification when many of the new recruits – more precisely eight people in her own estimation – former co-workers to her when she worked at the Treasury Department. It is common recruitment to the National Audit Office at the parliament secretariat since many with the right skills are right there, she says.
Furthermore, Ulf Bengtsson self-critical to put him in a review of a governor who was handled by another accountant, and where he according to DN gave his explicit support to the governor.
– Yes, I have made a mistake. It is that I left a personal reflection to the governor in Skåne in a matter in which I was not responsible as the Auditor General, said Bengtsson.
the committee’s chairman Andreas Norlén led the hearing. Photo: Malin Hoelstad
He also acknowledged that it was inappropriate that he interfered in the matter when he himself, during his time as Director General of the Swedish Agency , was involved in the audited decision.
– But there is no question of a formal error, as I understand it.
on the criticism that the authority has put several commenced investigations to put significant resources, said the auditors audits can be completed by a variety of reasons and that it does not always mean money wasted as the material can be used in subsequent audits.
in addition to the renewal lifted the auditors to Bengtsson and Atkins has been on sick leave at the same time for a period as a cause of their work more difficult.
– it goes without saying that it was a huge burden for me. Some of these disjointed sentences, I believe has come about when I sat on the subway home and tried to get control, said Susanne Accum.
Margareta Åberg highlighted however you want to work to restore confidence in the Swedish National Audit Office. Among other things, she promised transparency in the operations should be increased, with a greater openness about the external contacts we make and the National Audit Office will continue to try to reduce administrative costs.
She added that the measures that will be proposed in the external investigation led by Hans-Gunnar Axberger is important.
Fact: the revelations about the National audit
Money from the Agency budget for development assistance projects have gone to pay executive pay.
During a seven month period, the authority bottom began investigations in total had time cost ten million working hours.
During his time as head of social policy for the union Saco got the National Audit later chief economist, Robert Boije, participate and decide on the Agency’s review of the tax system.
During his time auditor recruited Susanne Accum several former colleagues to the top job.
Comptroller backed by one point from criticizing a decision by then-Comptroller General Ulf Bengtsson been and taken when he was Director General of the Swedish Agency.
Source: Daily News
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