An investigation report from the Integrity Commission (IC) has been submitted to Parliament and is now awaiting tabling.
The report was submitted along with an associated indicative ruling and the full ruling from the commission’s Director of Corruption Prosecution.
The IC, in a news release on Thursday, said: “A special report under Section 36(3) of the Integrity Commission Act that is associated with the investigation report, has also been submitted to the Parliament for tabling.”
While the nature of the investigation report and special report, or who they relate to, cannot be provided until they are tabled in Parliament, the IC said the relevant documentations were formally received and signed for at Parliament at 11:42 am on Thursday.
Hard copies of the investigation report were submitted in separate envelopes, under cover of identical letters, addressed to House Speaker Juliet Holness, Deputy House Speaker Heroy Clarke, President of the Senate, Tom Tavares-Finson, and Clerk of the Houses of Parliament, Colleen Lowe.
The associated indicative ruling which was embodied in a second and separate letter, together with the full ruling of the Director of Corruption Prosecution in the matter, as well as the Section 36(3) special report, were also similarly submitted.
A USB Flash Drive containing electronic PDF copies of all the documentation submitted, was also conveyed for the attention of the Clerk to the Houses of Parliament.
According to the IC, “Section 36(3) of the Integrity Commission Act provides that “the commission may, at any time, submit a report relating to any particular matter which, in the opinion of the commission, requires the special attention of the Parliament.”
Continuing, the release said: “The Integrity Commission anticipates that its investigation report which was submitted pursuant to and in conformance with Section 54 of the Integrity Commission Act, together with the referenced indicative ruling, full ruling and… special report, will be tabled in the Parliament as soon as possible.”
Meanwhile, the commission disclosed that Section 54(4) of the IC Act provides that “where the report (from the Director of Investigation) to the commission has a recommendation under subsection (3), the commission shall submit it to Parliament for tabling.”
