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PRIME MINISTER ALLOWING POLICE/DPP TO DO THEIR WORK IN HIBBERT INVESTIGATIONS
October 14, 2009
PRIME MINISTER ALLOWING POLICE/DPP TO DO THEIR WORK IN HIBBERT INVESTIGATIONS
Prime Minister Bruce Golding assured Parliament that he had full confidence in the integrity of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the police in investigating allegations of corruption by Member of Parliament, Joseph Hibbert.
Mr Hibbert is under suspicion of having accepted bribes from a UK construction company during his tenure as a senior public servant in the Ministry of Transport and Works. The Prime Minister was responding to questions from the Opposition in Parliament on October 13.
Clip 1
"The matter was referred to the DPP, a creature of the Constitution and the Constitution makes it clear that the DPP shall be subject to the direction and control of no person or authority. I have every confidence in the exceptional integrity of the DPP."
Prime Minister Bruce Golding in Parliament on October 13. When urged to give a reason why the Government had not sent a delegation to the UK to follow up on the matter, the Prime Minister stressed that he was allowing the public agencies to do their jobs.
Clip 2
"The Jamaican police have been investigating the matter in collaboration with the Serious Fraud Office the United Kingdom. In addition, the Contractor General conducted his own investigation and has submitted his own report to Parliament and which has also been referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Commissioner of Police....
Clip 3
"I have deliberately, purposefully sought not to be involved. ...The police has a duty to examine the report of the Contractor General to determine whether there is any further action that ought to be taken...the allegations refer prior to a period of this administration coming to office. There is no allegation of any improper conduct since the 11th of September 2007 when I was sworn in as Prime Minister."
The Contractor General submitted a 411 page report to Parliament on October 14.