Contractor General Greg Christie will on Tuesday appear before the Audley Shaw-chaired Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) to clarify and answer questions in relation to his report on the Sandals Whitehouse project.

In the wake of Mr. Christie's report, which accused the Urban Development Corporation, of gross mismanagement of the project, its former chairman, Dr. Vin Lawrence, resigned from the board. He also stepped down as chairman for a number of state agencies.

At its first sitting, the committee voted against an earlier recommendation by Mr. Shaw that all partners involved in the project should be the first to be summoned.

Government member K.D. Knight had proposed that the Contractor General and members of the forensic audit team be allowed to clarify reports tabled recently in Parliament before the other parties are called.

The PAC is expected to carry out a detailed examination of breakdowns in procedures on the project.

Sandals Whitehouse raked up US$43 million in cost overruns.