AG denies hiding Lindquist report on WASA

Responding to allegations that she was hiding the Bob Linquist report on WASA, Attorney General, Glenda Morean said yesterday that “within a day or two” she would be receiving the long-awaited report on the WASA/Waterfarm contract.

“He had said at the end of the month,” Morean reminded, adding that the month ended only yesterday. Morean said that she had just seen a message from Linquist which  indicated that he would be handing the report within a day or two. She denied allegations by UNC MP Wade Mark that she had already got the report and was keeping it a secret until after local government elections. “If I had it I would have handed it to the Prime Minister,” she said. Asked whether she would be passing on the report to acting Prime Minister Joan Yuille-Williams, since Prime Minister Patrick Manning would be out of the country until Thursday, Morean said : “When it comes in, I will inform the acting Prime Minister who will then determine what will be done.”

On March 20, Manning announced in Parliament that Linquist would be doing the probe into the Waterfarm contract. Several weeks passed before the forensic accountant began his investigations. During this time, UNC MP, Ganga Singh made more disclosures in Parliament about the contract. At the beginning of June, Manning announced that Linquist was due to begin his investigations and that they would be concluded in one week. On June 8 Morean stated that she expected to get the report on  June 9. But when that date reached, no report was given.  On June 16 Morean said she was optimistic that she would get it the next week. Mark yesterday accused the AG of deliberately attempting to keep the report under wraps until after the local government election. “It is a hot potato,” he said. “Why is it that the Attorney General has not issued the report? Has Mr Linquist passed it on to her and she is keeping it under cover? Because Mr Linquist promised almost a month ago to submit the report to the AG and four Mondays have since passed, and no report,” Mark stated, adding: “It is scandalous.”