WESTERN BUREAU:
PRESIDENT OF the National Democratic Movement (NDM), Bruce Golding, has repeated his call for a commission of enquiry into the Civilian Intelligence Unit which was reportedly set up without Government's knowledge.
Speaking at the party's third regional conference at the Montego Bay High School auditorium yesterday, Mr. Golding said there were questions which needed to be explored in a commission of enquiry, that cannot be investigated by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
"Some of the things that happened are not things that the DPP can properly investi-gate...These involve questions of corruption of policy, and corruption of behaviour, which may not necessarily be criminal in nature, but which are matters which ought to be brought to the public's attention," Mr. Golding said.
He said those questions included the identity of two government ministers who allegedly met with a lawyer and a senior member of the police force when certain tapes were being played. "We need to ask whose voices were heard on those tapes, and what was the decision taken by those ministers when they heard the tapes," the NDM president said.
He stressed that the enquiry should also investigate what assurances were given to 'dons' who were allegedly captured on tape recordings.
Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has asked the DPP to investigate allegations of illegal wire-tapping reportedly conducted by the Civilian Intelligence Unit which operated from 62 Lady Musgrave Road, St. Andrew. Mr. Patterson told Parliament last week, that the intelligence unit headed by a civilian, Roderick "Jimmy" McGregor, had been set up without government's knowledge.
