Wednesday, March 5, 2008

One scandal down, One more to go

So the light bulb scandal has been the big story for the last few weeks and indictments and arrests have been made. Now it's time for Trafigura and some of the bigger heads to talk - well at least talk to the Dutch investigators.

Based on what the Gleaner says (read here), political contributions by Dutch companies are illegal so it should be interesting to see how Trafigura justifies the J$31 million given to the PNP that resulted in the resignation of Colin Campbell.

In terms of local impact, let's see how the PNP will let adhere to the following statement:

"The PNP wishes to reaffirm its stance against any involvement in acts of corruption and firmly believes that the rule of law should always take its course," the release said.

"The party reasserts its commitment to the highest standards of honesty and integrity. We also continue to examine the circumstances whereby the adherence to these standards could have been weakened or compromised."

2 comments:

Esteban Agosto Reid said...

Very interesting times for the PNP!!

Stunner said...

Yeah suuuree, who do they think believe that press release.