Dionne Rose, Staff ReporterTHE CORRUPTION Prevention Commission, which is a body appointed to prevent corruption in the public sector, will now become an instrument of Parliament.
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller made the announcement on Tuesday while making her contribution to the 2006/07 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives.
"Even before the Leader of the Opposition spoke, the Government had proposed to make changes, and today, I am pleased to announce that Cabinet, before the end of this month, we will
consider making the Corruption Prevention Commission a creature of Parliament just as the Integrity Commission and the Ombudsman," she said.
The Prime Minister's announcement is in response to a call from Opposition Leader Bruce Golding last week for changes in the operations of the commission.
The commission was appointed on May 1, 2001, under the Corruption Prevention Act 2000. Public sector workers have to make annual declarations of assets to the commission.
