Word form the Integrity Commission is that opposition MP’S WILL be the first group of persons in public life to declare income, assets and liabilities in the New Year.
REPORT:
Thirteen members of parliament made up of elected representatives, senators, as well as the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives are expected to lodge their documents with the Integrity Commission on January 26, 2023, beginning 9 in the morning.
The Integrity Commission says among the opposition members receiving notices to file declarations, more than half have done so before, so it would not be a new process for them.
Approximately six months after assuming office, Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell along with his cabinet, elected representatives and senators were invited to file their Declarations.
Thirteen of the sixteen persons invited to file then, have since declared their assets.
The Office of the Integrity Commission will determine when the remaining three, who requested extensions, will be given future dates for filing.
The Integrity Commission, which was set up by an Act of Parliament in 2013 has as one of its mandates to “…obtain declaration of the assets, liabilities, income and interest in relation to property of persons in public life…” Integrity in Public Life Act No. 24 of 2013.
The Commission began receiving Declarations in 2014, shortly after its offices were set up. Sheena |Phillip-Lynch, Wee FM Primetime.
