00:00today i am being asked where will the money come from but the member only telling us half
00:10the story by giving us advice to say don't engage any reckless wild crazy expenditure
00:17but committed this government to 1.3 million dollars for his frivolity
00:24on march 17th then finance minister karl mimbert was reassigned as minister of public utilities
00:32by the following day he had requested that the entire sixth floor of the ministry be refurbished
00:37and upgraded current public utilities minister barry padaroth laid the order request to bear in
00:43the parliament on monday for the minister's office the painting they have costed the country
00:50i just want to make sure i'm getting it correct mr speaker yes here it goes mr speaker the painting
01:01mr speaker costed the country thirty thousand dollars thirty thousand dollars
01:07mr speaker then they wanted a custom joinery a coffee station which costed the country twelve thousand
01:15dollars and if it wasn't if it wasn't bad enough that the painting cost fifty thousand they paid
01:22thirty five thousand to install the painting mr speaker this is this is it this is the legacy of
01:29the member for david martin ortiz so when the member wants to tell us about reckless and wild spending the
01:36member knows why the member knows why he went in there like an emperor without clothes pegging boasting i have
01:45the minister of public utilities and now the country has to pay 1.3 million dollars and you did not last
01:53one day minister padaroth further notes that the building is not owned by the government however it
01:59is owned by a former government member now pnm senator not knowing mr speaker that all of this was new
02:07but the unc incoming government have to pay for it and this is not a government facility mr speaker
02:14this is a rental building of one forest alrawi claim at one alexandria place so therefore mr speaker
02:23when we talk about the recusals they were hoping that they were setting up that place so good
02:28that they were staying there to fill the pockets of the former member for san fernando west
02:33however via post on x the short-lived minister of public utilities sought to clarify that the 1.3 million
02:40dollars was not for renovations to his office only but the entire sixth floor noting that the budget
02:47for his office was 160 thousand dollars via second exposed timber details that when he left the ministry
02:55one month later only new carpeting new window blinds and new lighting were installed in the minister's
03:02office and the walls painted at a total cost of seventy thousand dollars renessa cutting tv6 news
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