Dicho, I think you're correct, and I owe the gentleman an indirect apology. If I'd been thinking straight, I would have (!) recognized this as a transcription of spontaneous speech, which generally bears only a superficial resemblance to formal written language. Except for Abba Eban, who spoke in finely crafted paragraphs.

However, the fact remains that many bureaucrats (and others, including, sadly, many English teachers) actually do write that badly.

Aloha,
Mark