An American Samoa lawmaker Tapumanaia Galu Satele Junior says the American Samoa Power Authority needs to open up its financial records for full review after an expected surplus became a deficit.
ASPA, a semi autonomous agency, says it's expecting a 9 million US dollar deficit at the end of the 2011 fiscal year, rather than a surplus as cited in its fourth quarter financial report.
Tapumanaia says in order for everyone to get a full picture of the Power Authority's budget issues, it needs to open its financial records to the Legislative Financial Office for a thorough inspection.
He says the ASPA budget is cloudy and muddled with confusing reports.