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Office of the Contractor General
November 2017
Also attached for your attention is a letter purportedly sent by
Councillor for the Bensonton Division in South East St. Ann,
Lydia Richards, in which she’s alleged that Mr. Russell has
declared that action cannot be taken against him because
information is in his custody which has the potential to ‘bring
down’ the referenced constituency office.”
1
(OCG Emphasis)
A
review of an Audio Visual Recording which was dated May, 15, 2015 and which recorded a taped interview,
provided by the anonymous source, revealed the following additional allegations in respect of the subject
matter:
1.
That for the last four (4) years Mr. Denzil McDonald has been talking to Ms. Hanna about acts of
criminality at her constituency office involving persons working at the office.
2.
That Ms. Hanna requested evidence of the criminal activities and Mr. Denzil McDonald brought to
her attention Councillor Lloyd Garrick’s sister, whose name was on a list for a ‘Bushing Work
Programme’. She was, however, unaware that her name was on a list as she did not ask to be
provided with any work. It was alleged that the Councillor for the area told Mr. Garrick’s sister to
visit the constituency office and informed them that her name was on a list for work. She was,
however, advised not to ask whether her name was on a list but to inform them that her name was on
the list.
3.
That persons in the constituency have complained to the MP in, Mr. Denzil McDonald’s presence,
that they would go to the constituency office and set down their names and
“…that is all there is”
.
Mr. Denzil McDonald explained that there is a database that is formed from these persons’
names and when projects and money come into the constituency, they have a few persons that
they use to collect the money, and share the money, most times without the work being done. It
was alleged that often this is done with only 50% of the work being completed.
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Letter dated May 26, 2015, which was sent to the OCG and which made allegations concerning corruption involving the Office of
the Member of Parliament, South East, St. Ann.