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(e)
the circumstances of the grant, issue, use, suspension or revocation
of any prescribed license;
(f)
the practice and procedures relating to the grant, issue, suspension
or revocation of prescribed licences.”
Section 16 of the Contractor General Act expressly provides that “
An investigation pursuant to section 15 may
be undertaken by a Contractor-General on his own initiative or as a result of representations made to him, if in
his opinion such investigation is warranted.”
The OCG’s decision to commence a formal Investigation into the subject matter followed
upon the Office’s
receipt of a letter of complaint on May 26, 2015. The referenced letter, which was addressed to the Contractor
General, is being treated as anonymous to protect the identity of the complainant(s). The letter bore the subject
“…
Corruption at the PNP’s South East St. Ann Constituency Office
”
and stated,
inter alia
, the following
allegations:
“
The
[Complainant]
has been alerted to allegations of rampant
corruption at the People’s National Party’s constituency office in
Moneague, South East St. Ann.
The allegations have been made by …persons connected to the
party...
Among other allegations,
[the Complainant]
…has said that
[he/she]
has repeatedly advised the incumbent Member of
Parliament, Lisa Hanna, that some of her political workers who
are based in her constituency office were involved in … a “racket
to rob poor people of the proceeds of publicly funded works
projects.”