After the public uproar caused by the explosive 107-page report of the Integrity Commission (IC) on the allocation of Government contracts and the suggestion that Prime Minister Andrew Holness be referred to the IC’s Director of Corruption Prosecution for a potential criminal penalty, the Commission has now claimed that the same director did not refer any criminal penalties against Holness as far back as January 12.
Nevertheless, the IC report wasn’t presented to Parliament until Tuesday, February 14.
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The Commission wrote a lengthy letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Marisa Dalyrymple-Philibert, and the President of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson, in which it stated, among other things, that while “evidence has been identified sufficient to mount charges for the noted offenses,” the prosecution would find it difficult to defend against a claim of abuse of process based on undue delay.
