CG, you still there?

Dear Editor,

This is an open letter to the Office of the Contractor General:

Was the new Contractor General chosen for his silence?

Admittedly, we became used to a contractor general who perhaps spoke publicly more than many of us thought appropriate for his office, but if we expect the scourge of corruption to be eliminated any time soon it would be regrettable if the Office retreated into the other extreme of inaction, silence and cowardice.

Apart from reports of a few speeches on your commitment to the elimination of corruption, we have not seen or felt your power, Sir. I, therefore, have a few questions on behalf of my fellow citizens:

1. As there was no stay of execution granted by the Supreme Court in the matter which reaffirmed your office's right to requisition information at the pre-contractual stage of four major projects, has your office since made any requests of the Government to comply?

2. If so, have these requests been met?

3. What is your office's position on the proposed changes to the Contractor General Act? Have you been consulted in this regard?

4. Will your office apply for dismissal of the Attorney General's appeal on the basis of the Attorney General's statements in Parliament regarding the plans to amend the Contractor General Act?

5. Given that your office stated that it had been investigating the Spaldings Market affair before it came to the public's knowledge, and given the public admissions made, have you yet finished your report? Has it yet been submitted to Cabinet? If not, when do you think it will be completed and submitted?

Dwight Maitland

Portmore, St Catherine

onlydwight@gmail.com

CG, you still there?

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