Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz yesterday questioned why Premier Paula Cox is bringing in more Good Governance legislation when she doesn’t appear to be using her existing sanctioning powers.Mr Moniz dismissed the Premier’s latest pledge for new laws to crack down on unethical behaviour as ‘baby steps’ and a hasty response to the One Bermuda Alliance’s references to allegations of corruption.He said almost nothing has been done despite a string of Progressive Labour Party projects attracting the attention of the Auditor General and police.The Smith’s West MP noted how Supreme Court had heard Faith Based Tourism boss Andre Curtis was effectively handed the taxpayers’ cookie jar to spend on personal items.He said no action seems to have been taken against any individuals, despite the court hearing top civil servant Marc Telemaque directed funds be given to Mr Curtis before a contract had been signed.Mr Telemaque was also Permanent Secretary in Ewart Brown’s former Tourism and Transport Ministry, which former Auditor General Larry Dennis says showed specific intent to give a multimillion-dollar contract to a company partly owned by Dr Brown’s close friend Dennis Correia, regardless of Financial Instructions.Auditor General Heather Matthews has previously reflected she believes nobody has the fortitude to punish Government officials failing to comply with Financial Instructions.“If you don’t use the sanctioning powers you already have, what hope do we have that these new laws are going to be followed?” Mr Moniz told The Royal Gazette yesterday.“Paula Cox is very good at putting all this paper forward to be applied in the future by someone else, but you are going to be judged by what you did when you were Finance Minister and Premier yourself.”Asked previously whether people have been sanctioned for reportedly breaking Financial Instructions, head of the Civil Service Donald Scott has said Government is bound by a protocol of confidentiality in the Civil Service’s disciplinary process.Yesterday, Mr Moniz said that amounts to a culture of secrecy.On Monday afternoon, Ms Cox said she would be tabling new legislation to ‘follow the dollar’ when cash is awarded to vendors, contractors and groups receiving grants, and to ensure contracts are distributed fairly.Mr Moniz replied in a statement yesterday: “The One Bermuda Alliance would be delighted if the Premier’s announcement about good governance were to come true.“The measures she outlined were baby steps in the business of tackling corruption and mismanagement in the Government of Bermuda, and they would be a move in the right direction if they come to pass. But we have concerns.”He questioned the timing and sincerity of the announcement, coming shortly after the OBA sent a submission to the UK Government detailing concerns about good governance standards in Bermuda.“Since then, the PLP and its agents have been in attack mode, complaining loudly about us, trying to dominate the news,” said Mr Moniz.“Against that background, Premier Cox countered with a hastily called press conference to re-announce her intention to strengthen governance.“Don’t be fooled. The Bermuda Government continues to be wide open territory for those who are prepared to work the system for personal gain.“The Premier’s own concerns about the need to ‘follow the money’ underscore the seriousness of the situation.“Questions about where the money has gone have been attached to this Government for more than a decade.”Mr Moniz said of Government’s efforts on good governance: “They’ve produced legislation to outlaw civil servants’ non-compliance with Financial Instructions, something that has been outlawed as long as Financial Instructions have existed.“The legislation did create a new Government department to do work with procurement matters, work that was done in-house by Government departments before.”Mr Moniz accused the Government of attacking “almost every effort... to rein them in” of the former Auditor General, Larry Dennis. Mr Dennis was once arrested by Police as a result of a Government complaint. Mr Dennis later claimed the arrest was politically motivated but Police denied this.“Most recently, the new Auditor General, Ms Heather Matthews, has been stopped from doing her job by Government doing nothing to make sure the Public Accounts Committee meets in a timely fashion to consider her reports.“I ask you, does this sound like a Government determined to get to grips with stopping corruption and promoting better governance?”On Monday, Ms Cox said the new legislation would further enhance good governance and transparency and “further underscore the message that this Government adheres to the high standards of ethical behaviour: transparency and accountability, fairness and equity, efficiency and effectiveness, respect for the rule of law”.