PM Anxious to See IC Report Concerning his Statutory Declarations

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he’s eager to address the issues raised in a report on his outstanding statutory declarations, sent to the parliament last week by the Integrity Commission.

The report is set to be tabled when parliament reconvenes from its summer recess on September 17.

Nationwide News reported on Monday a summary of the key findings of the report, based on information from our sources.

The media sought to get a response from the prime minister when he appeared this morning at the post-cabinet media briefing.

Daina Davy reports.

Nationwide revealed on Monday that the director of corruption prosecutions at the Integrity Commission, Keisha Prince Kameka, rejected a recommendation from the director of investigations, Kevon Stephenson for the prime minister to be charged with failing to declare four bank accounts.

Those accounts, two of which belong to his mother, one to his father and the other to his former constituency office manager, held a total of JM $384,130.

The prime minister told journalists on Tuesday morning that he’s anxious for the full report to be tabled so he can address the various issues raised.

The People’s National Party, PNP, have issued a statement condemning what they say is the leak of aspects of the report to the media, before parliamentarians got a chance to see the full document.

Mr. Holness says he too is troubled by leaks that the opposition seems to have been getting about the contents of the report over time.

There were suggestions that parliament may have been reconvened to allow for the tabling of the report on Tuesday of this week.

But information minister, Senator Dana Morris Dixon, says that was never contemplated by the authorities.