The Integrity Commission has cleared Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of breaching the Integrity in Public Life Act.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, – The Integrity Commission has cleared Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of breaching the Integrity in Public Life Act when she stayed at the home of two friends whose family company won the bid for a multi-million-dollar government contract, after the 2010 general elections.
A complaint had been made to the Commission by the opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) which questioned whether Persad-Bissessar staying at the home of Ralph and Maureen Gopaul had anything to do with the family’s trucking company winning a TT$40 million (US$6.3 million) contract from state-owned National Petroleum.
The Prime Minister announced at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference that the Integrity Commission had found that her hands were clean.
A complaint had been made to the Commission by the opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) which questioned whether Persad-Bissessar staying at the home of Ralph and Maureen Gopaul had anything to do with the family’s trucking company winning a TT$40 million (US$6.3 million) contract from state-owned National Petroleum.
The Prime Minister announced at yesterday’s post-Cabinet press conference that the Integrity Commission had found that her hands were clean.
