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CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT
The
JEC wishes continuity in Cunningham’s
work
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| The contract of Bert Cunningham, former Director
General of Customs Services of the MRA, has been
terminated. | In a communique
issued yesterday, the Joint Economic Council (JEC) expressed
its concern as regards the circumstances around which the
contract of Bert Cunningham, Director General of Customs of
the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA) has been terminated.
The council says the lack of transparency surrounding
the event together with the risk of disruption in the reforms
undertaken in the customs services cause some anxiety. The JEC
wishes that appropriate measures be put into place to
ascertain continuity in the same direction and with the same
sense of urgency as Bert Cunningham has undertaken over the
last six years. His work, it says, has brought significant
improvement in the quality of customs services of the country.
It invites the authorities to ensure that all the projects
underway, as well as those already in the pipeline, be
completed within the scheduled timeline.
In order not
to jeopardize the implementation of the reform programmes of
the customs services, the JEC invites the MRA to make the
necessary arrangements for the urgent appointment of a
professional of international repute and of proven experience
to lead the customs services. It recognizes the intention
expressed by the authorities to launch an international
advertisement for the post.
For its part, Transparency
Mauritius, in another communique, says that it views with
concern that the Chairman of the MRA announced that this
Authority and Bert Cunningham “have mutually agreed to put an
end to the contract of employment” of the latter and “to keep
confidential the terms on which the employment has been put to
an end”.
Regarding confidentiality, it invites the MRA
to make public the reasons for the termination of the contract
because, it says, of the wide repercussions this termination
would have on the image of Mauritius in its combat against
fraud and corruption.
The non governmental
organisation says that it notes that in the communique of the
MRA, its Director General has concluded that Bert Cunningham
“had not committed any act of malpractice warranting any
internal disciplinary action”.
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