Premier won’t preempt criminal investigations into gov’t

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has declined to speculate on possible investigations into various misdeeds that might have occurred in government departments or in projects previously executed by former governments.

Just last week, Governor John Rankin launched a series of criminal investigations into suspected wrongdoings committed across various government projects over the years and into possible corruption that may have taken place in some government departments.

Amongst those investigations are probes into the Premier’s Office, the Sea Cows Bay Harbour Development project and the Elmore Stoutt High School wall project.

Those investigations are in keeping with recommendations put forward by the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report which was released a few weeks ago.

“We don’t want to preempt the investigations, we’ll see where the investigations lead and certainly, if the investigations say that someone should not continue in a particular post, of course we have to hold each other accountable,” Dr Wheatley said at a recent press conference.

Permanent Secretary in the Premier’s Office, Dr Carolyn O’Neal Morton has since been sent on leave to facilitate one of the investigations launched by the governor.