By John Myers, Jr., Staff ReporterTHE CORRUPTION Prevention Commission (CPC) says it will be aggressively pursuing, with an intention to prosecute, delinquent public servants still in breach of the Corruption Prevention Act.
With approximately 3,000 assets of declaration outstanding, David Grey, secretary manager of the CPC said yesterday that "we are now in the process of identifying those missing quadrants (persons), warn them and if they fail to act, then the matter will be reported to the Director of Public Prosecution for the necessary action to be taken."
Mr. Grey pointed out that the CPC had received 12,000 declarations, up to September 3, from an expected pool of 15,000. "The document we had indicated a figure of 25,000, but, in refining all of this and getting the replies from the various agencies, we are more comfortable now with a figure of 15,000," he explained. Regarding late submissions, he explained that there were a few public servants who were not aware of their obligations, resulting in some declarations being filed late. Additionally, he noted that some people were on vacation abroad.
NO OUTRIGHT CASES
Mr. Grey said yesterday that there were no outright cases which raised any alarm, but that there were "three issues which have come to the Commission's attention which it is in the process of examining."
"I am not going to say that they are (related to) asset declaration per say, but issues have come to the Commission's attention which we are in the process of addressing," he added.
To date, the Commission has examined 9,000 of the 12,000 declarations received. The CPC is now in the process of requesting supporting documents for some declarations in order to adequately assess the information contained.
The Corruption Prevention Act, which became active in January of this year, mandates public servants earning more than $2 million per year and all police and military personnel to declare their assets. Such persons were requested to start submitting declarations from February 1 to meet the April 30 deadline.
