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Page 82 of 486 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 refinery Petrojam, where allegations of nepotism and cronyism abound, is deepening. It has emerged that one member of the three-member panel that conducted the interview with Ms Ramharrack prior to her employment in early 2017, has no ties to the refinery. It also emerged that that person has no connection to Petrojam’s parent company, the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). These revelations were made during Wednesday’s sitting of parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC). The PAAC was told that the three-member panel that interviewed Ms Ramharrack for the job included former board member Richard Creary, former General Manager Floyd Grindley and a Lowel [sic] Dilworth. At this point Opposition member of the committee Fitz Jackson commented: “The third person, Mr Lowel [sic] Dilworth, we don’t know what capacity he was sitting in on that interview.” Jackson, then asked whether Dilworth was a staff member or a director from another ministry. “He’s not a director at Petrojam and I don’t think of PCJ or the group,” said Telroy Morgan, Acting General Manager at Petrojam. When asked how Dilworth became involved with the interview Morgan responded: “We haven’t been able to unearth that information…we don’t know in what capacity Lowel [sic] Dilworth was sitting in on that interview.” The committee was