President’s Office budget exceeded by MVR 7 million in 2010: audit report
19 Jan 2013, 5:34 PM
Mariyath Mohamed
President’s Office spent in spent MVR 7,415,960 (US$480,931) over the parliament approved budget for the office in 2010, according to the auditor general’s office.
The audit report, released on Thursday, focused on the expenses of the President’s Office and the residences of the President and the Vice President.
The report spells out explicitly 12 instances in which the Auditor General believes the President’s Office acted in breach of laws and regulations.
In addition to the excess expenditure of MVR 7 million, the report also highlights then-President Mohamed Nasheed’s chartering of an Island Aviation flight from Colombo to Male’ on November 19, 2010. This had cost MVR 146,490 (US$9500) for the charter itself, together with the ground handling fee of MVR 3,097 (US$ 201) paid to Sri Lankan Airlines, and fuel charges of MVR 11,925 (US$773) paid to Ceylon Petroleum Corporation.
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