The workshop involved how to report accurately on the use of the County Social Development Funds and how to monitor the use of the Legislative Support Project’s funds to ensure that they are expended to benefit the people. He said the Legislative Support Projects Act and the law that requires executive appointees to resign two years prior to an election they want to contest must be repealed to ensure proper accountability. He noted that the Legislative Support Projects’ arrangement has not been executed with accountability and therefore they have not benefited those they are meant to empower. It may be recalled that the Legislative Support Project (LSP) and the District Project Funds were created by the 53rd National Assembly and they are set aside for projects being implemented across the 73 electoral districts of the country. The former deputy speaker of the 53rd Legislature, Hans Barchue was forced to clarify that projects under the Legislative Support Project (LSP) are not personal projects of lawmakers.

Source: Daily Observer March 27, 2018 02:26 UTC