Cabinet approves amendment to Corruption Prevention Act
May 26, 2006
CABINET on Monday gave its approval for drafting instructions to be issued to the chief parliamentary counsel for amendments to be made to the Corruption Prevention Act.
Information and Development Minister Colin Campbell told reporters attending Monday's post-Cabinet press briefing that Cabinet considered a submission from the attorney general that called for the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption to be made a commission of Parliament for administrative and financial matters.
The Corruption Prevention Act establishes the commission that performs a number of functions, including receiving and keeping of records, statutory declarations furnished by public servants, and the examination of such statutory declarations.
The commission, Campbell said, also makes independent enquiries and investigations, receives and investigates any complaint regarding an act of corruption, conducts an investigation into any act of corruption on its own initiative.
Campbell said the Corruption Prevention Act "intended that the commission should be an entity independent of any other agencies of the state, including accounting autonomy, and should be responsible for all aspects of its operations".
The Commission for the Prevention of Corruption is required by law to have its annual report tabled in Parliament and the review of its operation is also the prerogative of Parliament....
Author: JIS
Source: Jamaica Observer
