REDACTED -IC Petrojam Investigation - Donations October 2019 final

Page 99 of 215 Petrojam Limited Integrity Commission October 2019 e) The request was communicated, as aforesaid, by letter dated April 6, 2017 . f) I had no meeting, or discussion with any of the officers at Petrojam concerning the request … g) The request to Petrojam Limited was made by me as Member of Parliament for Kingston East & Port Royal. … ” 67 Of note, Dr. Andrew Wheatley, MP, by way of his response dated October 18, 2019, advised the DI of, inter alia , the following: “ …In response to a question from Mr. Paulwell about funding that Petrojam would usually provide for schools that he was previously aware of; I did advise Mr. Paulwell of the Petrojam initiative. I then advised Mr. Paulwell to write directly to Petrojam instead of making any request to or though me .” 68 On February 26, 2019, the DI required that Mr. Valentine Bailey, Principal, Camperdown High School provide responses in relation to his involvement, if any, in the solicitation of the referenced donation from Petrojam Limited. Mr. Bailey, in his response dated March 4, 2019, indicated, inter alia, the following: “ I Valentine Bailey as the Principal, Vice-Principal, and teacher of History or in any other capacity has never made any request to 67 Response of Mr. Phillip Paulwell, MP, Member of Parliament, Kingston East & Port Royal, dated March 4, 2019. Response No. 1. 68 Response dated October 18, 2019 which was addressed to the DI by Dr. Andrew Wheatley, MP, former Minister of Science, Energy and Technology. Response 2.