Lopez: There is the matter of collective responsibility and those persons who seemed to have misled the country must be brought to book. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer

The Private Sector Organisa-tion of Jamaica (PSOJ) has expressed dissatisfaction with a directive from Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller for the return of the $31 million "donation" from the Dutch company, Trafigura Baheer.

According to PSOJ President, Beverley Lopez some serious issues have still not been addressed.

"The statement issued on behalf the Prime Minister indicating that the funds would be returned to Trafigura does not address the fundamental concerns we have in respect of why there is a contractual obligation on the part of Trafigura to CCOC Associa-tion," she told The Gleaner yesterday.

"We believe that more important issues will have to be addressed and unless we see the original contract that committed Trafigura to send this money to CCOC, we are no closer to the truth," she said.

Accountability

The outgoing PSOJ president implied that those involved in the saga should be held responsible.

"There is the matter of collective responsibility and those persons who seemed to have misled the country must be brought to book," she said.

On Friday, Government Senator Anthony Hylton accused the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) of being hypocritical in terms of comments it made on the $31 million contribution from Trafigura.

PNP Chairman Robert Pickers-gill that claimed that JCC president, Mark Myers was "genetically" connected to the Jamaica Labour Party and should not have been the one to comment on the issue.

The JCC had labelled the gift as "inappropriate" and had called for legislation to be put in place to govern contributions to political parties.

Yesterday, Mr. Myers would not comment on the latest development noting that he would first have to contact other members of the JCC executive.

However, he said the organisa-tion would make a statement on the issue today.

- D.R.