Nationwide News understands that the Office of the Contractor General, OCG, has taken an interest in the Constituency Development Fund, CDF controversy involving West St. Mary, MP, the PNP’s Jolyan Silvera.
It’s understood that the country’s leading anti-corruption agency has made enquiries regarding the matter.
It was revealed yesterday that Silvera submitted to the CDF, the name of a consulting company for the award of a $1.5 million contract, when the company did not exist.
MP for South West St. Catherine the JLP’s Everald Warmington has demanded that a probe be carried out into Mr. Silvera.
But Mr. Silvera has insisted that he did not act improperly.
On Wednesday, CDF Director Moveta Monroe disclosed that following Mr. Silvera’s recommendation, the consultancy company was contracted 12 days before the company actually came into being.
The CDF Director said it’s a moral issue and a matter of integrity.
She also disclosed that in an effort to address the matter, a new consultancy contract was signed after the company had been formed.
Meanwhile, acting-CDF chairman, the PNP’s Mikhail Phillips, says the CDF committee will decide whether Silvera is asked to explain what led him to recommend a company for a contract, when the entity was not in existence.
Mikhail Phillips, Acting-Chairman of the Constituency Development Fund, speaking yesterday with Nationwide News.
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