Carmona appoints Jack tribunal

The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Office of the President yesterday. The swearing in of the members of the tribunal takes place today at the Office of the President, St Ann’s at 11.30 am today.

The statement said Carmona informed the Commission by letter dated March 4, that the members of this tribunal would be sworn in today. The appointment of the Tribunal was made pursuant to Section 15 of the Integrity in Public Life Act. In a brief comment on the appointment of the tribunal, Warner said, “I am not trembling in my shoes.”

Last January, the Commission said it invoked this section of the Act to appoint a tribunal to probe Warner’s declarations of assets and income, in light of findings of a Concacaf report in 2013.

Section 15 of the Act states: “Where upon the examination referred to in section 13, the Commission is of the opinion that it should enquire further into any declaration so as to ascertain whether there has been a full disclosure, it may advise the President to appoint a Tribunal of two or more of its members to conduct an enquiry to verify the contents of the declaration or the statement filed with the Commission.”

The Commission said it, “took note in April 2013 of a report from the Integrity Committee of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) alleging that Mr Jack Warner, a former Government Minister, committed fraud against Concacaf and FIFA in connection with the Centre of Excellence and in respect of financial statements of Concacaf.”

The Commission said it decided to place Warner under greater scrutiny under its powers to initiate its own probe.