SSC to investigate Treasury Secretary Makhlouf's Budget leak actions

SSC to investigate Treasury Secretary Makhlouf's Budget leak actions
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie June 4 (BusinessDesk) - An investigation into last week's Budget leak by the State Services Commission has morphed into an investigation into the actions of Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf after the discovery that the National Party had obtained accurate information from the 2019 Budget. With just 23 days left in the job he's held since 2011, Makhlouf is hanging onto his position despite his agency being not only responsible for an embarrassingly simple website vulnerability, but also for advising the Police and Fi...

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