What is your mission at the finance ministry?
The administration is here because the system that we had previously did not work, and so things deteriorated. Whether it was the system, or whether it was the fault of individuals is debatable. It may have been a combination of both.
The government is staVed by professionals. We have brought in 25 new people from the public and private sectors, the World Bank, the IMF and ADB to look at where we are, and where we're going, in a more professional and businesslike way.
People in the government don't have a political agenda, they want to do the right thing. Once they do what they have to do, then eventually the government will go back to being an elected government. The supreme court has set out a framework for a government in transition. Three years is a good time to get some reforms under way and put some runs on the board. When the next government comes in, some of the basic issues will have been addressed and resolved.What has the government achieved so far?The government stabilized the situation concerning cashXows, and made sure that all payments were kept current.