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The Jamaica Labour Party JLP has criticised the Integrity Commission, for requesting that a probe be conducted by the Financial Investigations Division FID, on a bank transaction relating to Prime Minister Dr. Andrew Holness.
At the same time, the party welcomed the ruling by the commission’s Director of Corruption Prosecution, that no charge be laid against the Prime Minister, in relation to claims of making a false statement in his statutory declaration.
The commission’s ruling, along with the investigation report were tabled in the Lower House yesterday.
In a statement, JLP General Secretary Dr. Horace Chang noted that the ruling means there is no legal basis to proceed against the Prime Minister, in relation to a combined total of approximately $400,000 in 4 bank accounts belonging to his parents and former Constituency Office Manager.
Dr. Chang said the party took note of the finding by the Corruption Prosecution Director, that the evidence which support an explanation provided by the Prime Minister, is far greater than evidence to the contrary.
He said the party notes that after an extensive probe, which involved the hiring of an international forensic investigator, the commission conceded that it was unable to conclude that the Prime Minister illicitly enriched himself.
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