Jamaica Labour Party deputy general secretary, Senator Charles Sinclair says PNP President Mark Golding continues to mislead and spread mischief when he issued a statement to the media indicating that no Parliamentarian from the People’s National Party is under investigation by the Integrity Commission for illicit enrichment.
Sinclair said it’s virtually impossible for the Golding to state, with any certainty, that no parliamentarian on his side is under probe.
The JLP deputy general secretary said as far as he is aware, the commission does not, as a matter of practice, write to individuals and state specifically that they are under probe for illicit enrichment.
“The PNP president is up to mischief and has been misleading the people on this matter for well over a year,” Sinclair claimed, further alleging that Golding cannot be trusted.
He said Golding should desist from continuing to spread mischief in his apparent “desperate bid” for political power.
The senator said a recent public statement by the chairman of the Integrity Commission, which is contained in the Commission’s latest annual report and concerns the public narrative pertaining to illicit enrichment probes by the commission, is instructive.
Chairman of the commission, retired Justice Seymour Panton, stated that “the police receive numerous complaints and allegations of various crimes that, when investigated, are found to be without merit. So does the Integrity Commission, which has no control over speculations, rumours or mischief-making in the society.”
Sinclair said the chairman of the commission went on to further state that when a person approaches the commission, the director of information and complaints is compelled to record the complaint or information and submit it to the appropriate director of the commission for action and the commission lawfully makes a note of the probe in its annual report.
Sinclair said the public statement from the Integrity Commission chairman, which was contained in the commission’s latest annual report, speaks for itself.
