Guanapo Church probe continues

This information is contained in the Commission’s 2016 report which was laid in the House of Representatives last Friday. Out of the 41 complaints which the Commission dealt with last year, the top three complaints all concern this matter. In each case, people have been interviewed, statements have been recorded and documents have been obtained. The status of “investigations continuing” is attached to the three complaints about the Guanapo Church which were first raised in 2010. Manning died on July 2, 2016.

The complaints contained in the report include matters raised during the respective tenures of Manning’s former administration, that of Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the incumbent Dr Keith Rowley administration.

Commission chairman Zainool Hosein said out of the 41 complaints dealt with by the Commission in 2016, 15 were completed and one was referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). This was a complaint against the Government about bid rigging and corruption relative to the services offered by a contractor Hosein added there are currently 13 matters which the Commission has referred to the DPP. He also said investigations are continuing into 25 complaints this year and one complaint was referred to the Commission’s compliance section. That complaint involved a request for an investigation into the actions of a temporary senator.