AW & I Tanner: Letter to the Prime Minister, 3rd May 2008

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Dear Prime Minister 

I have recently written to the Ministry of Justice claiming that members of the electorate who have a case against a government department deserve to have their cases heard in 'open courts' - thereby escaping the appalling behaviour by public servants within the fraudulent complaint procedures. Where having been abused by public sector staff, complainants can be further abused by the ensuing cover-up culture. 

This is a 'systematic problem' only curable by honest parliamentary action.  

Self-regulation by governmental complaints procedures do not work, they are in too many cases, fraudulent.  It is becoming obvious, because of ever increasing bad publicity, that public sector 'self-regulation' has become a No, No amongst an ever sceptical public.

The public are sick of the continual meaningless public sector statements of  'putting things right' etc without anyone even contemplating cleaning up the sickening, undemocratic governmental complaint procedures.   

We have recently written to the MoJ 26/4/08 (enclosed) re 'open courts' for the electorate in such cases. The Ministry of Justice has sent our request for 'open courts' on to the Treasury who has no interest in 'open courts'.  One is reminded of contemptuous public sector Musical chairs? 

Over the last 5 years we have learned of the empty ritual of such complaint procedures where numerous democratic protective powers, once exercised by the electorate, have been lost to governmental organised self-protective quangos. 

Such quangos normally have more than their fair share of party hacks, which often hold a rigid doctrine of honouring their master's wishes, where their traditional  pastime is to overlook severe public sector irregularities. Too often those of us who complain are punished by contemptuous acts, such as ombudsman's Orwellian evening phone calls and/or various cover-up deceits etc. It can indeed be described as a fractured society upheld by squalid public sector complaint procedures. 

A severe cleansing of the public sector complaint procedures is much needed. (First written to Tony Blair some 5 years ago). 

As a member of the electorate it seems worthwhile pointing out that the parliamentary system of acquiescence to the fraudulent/incompetence of public sector staff, is killing off respect for parliament and politics.  

Yours sincerely 

AW&I Tanner

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