Monday, 18 October 1999, 3:33 pm Press Release: ACT New Zealand
ACT Leader Richard Prebble today said he personally
feels vindicated by the findings of the Incis report.
“The
report findings are a classic; any competent Minister
should have been able to see Incis was doomed to failure.
As the previous Minister of Police, I rejected the Incis
proposal. I turned it down with no hesitation, because I
could see the project could in no way achieve its
objectives and it wasn’t difficult to make that
prediction.
“The Incis report findings also shows the
failure of treasury, they too should have had the foresight
to see the project would have failed.
“This type of
Government waste and mismanagement of taxpayers hard earned
money is disgraceful. If company directors spent
shareholders money with such lack of accountability they
would probably be sued.
“It’s no wonder morale in
Police is low. They are battling with limited resources
while Government and Police hierarchy have blown $100
million dollars on a computer that doesn’t work,” said Hon
Richard Prebble.
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