He said the report - which said hundreds of thousands of dollars were unaccounted for – included figures that had been recorded in a previous report.
Gibson also said that whenever these kinds of reports are prepared there are documents that are missing.
“My point is, if they are losing documents, why should I be held responsible? No permanent secretary would release any cheques unless there is proper documentation. The PS is the official accounts officer. It’s all political.”
He said that it would be easy for someone to hide a document if they wanted to "make a minister look bad".
On Tuesday, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fred Mitchell, held a press conference to protest a Tribune headline based on the same report.
The headline read "$1 million missing from embassy funds".
Mitchell said the headline suggested that the funds were missing because of misconduct but the story (and the report) refer to procedure irregularities and missing documents.
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Mitchell story
Gibson story
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