The contractor general, Greg Christie has raised concerns about the findings of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) into its report on the investigation of the sale of Air Jamaica’s London Heathrow slots to Virgin Atlantic Airways.

The concerns are primarily in relation to referrals, which were made by the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) to the DPP concerning former chairman of Air Jamaica, OK Melhado and Senator Noel Sloley.

According to the OCG evidence from sworn statements submitted by the men suggested that they attempted to mislead the contractor general, and or knowingly made a false statement contrary to the provisions of the Perjury Act.

The OCG says the DPP, Paula Llewellyn failed to address any of the referrals made to her in relation to perjury by Mr. Melhado, Senator Sloley and former finance minister Dr. Omar Davies.

In her report made public on Friday, the DPP recommended that the Police Commissioner determine whether action should be taken against Dr. Davies for breaches of the Contractor General Act.

The DPP agreed with the contractor general’s findings that Dr. Davies made a false statement to mislead or attempted to mislead a contractor general in his submissions.

However no mention was made of possible breaches by Melhado and Sloley.

Ms Llewellyn also ruled that no one should be held liable under the Corruption Prevention Act in relation to the Heathrow slots sale arrangement.

The Heathrow slots were sold to Virgin Atlantic for $5.1 million pounds sterling or US$10.2 million.
Dr. Davies was the finance minister at the time of the sale arrangements with Virgin.
Meanwhile the OCG has also taken issue with a Gleaner headline, which indicated that the Virgin Atlantic deal was legal, based on the DPP’s report.
But according to the OCG, the DPP does not have the jurisdiction under law to make such a determination.