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Page 4 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Director of Investigation (DI), pursuant to Sections 33 and 52 of the Integrity Commission Act, on June 26, 2018, initiated an Investigation into allegations concerning acts of impropriety and/or irregularity, conflict of interest, corruption, nepotism, cronyism and favouritism at Petrojam Limited. Petrojam Limited, Jamaica’s only petroleum refinery is a limited liability company; jointly owned by PDVCaribe, a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ). The PCJ is a statutory body created and wholly owned by the Government of Jamaica 1 . The decision to commence an Investigation into the stated matter(s) was prompted by a Nationwide News article entitled “ ENERGY MINISTER RESPONDS TO OPPOSITION CLAIMS OF CORRUPTION AT PETROJAM ” and dated May 30, 2018. The article indicated, inter alia , as follows: “ Energy Minister, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, is insisting donations valued at 65- million dollars which were made in 2017 by Petrojam to six constituencies were above board. Dr. Wheatley in a statement to the House of Representatives responded to an allegation that there’s widespread corruption at the state-owned oil refinery. That allegation was made in the House last week by the Member of Parliament for South East St. Andrew, the PNP’s Julian Robinson. 1 Accessed on March 26, 2019 at http://www.petrojam.com/about-us