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Peart apologises to CG
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Opposition Member of Parliament Michael Peart has retracted statements he made regarding the leaking of the Contractor General's report on the Cuban Light Bulb Saga.
At the height of the scandal, Mr. Peart had alleged that the leak came from the Contractor General's office, a claim vehemently denied by Contractor General Greg Christie.
But during Tuesday's sitting of Parliament, Mr. Peart said his own investigations revealed that the document was sent to media houses via a Xerox machine.
"The delivery was between 11.30 and 1.30 on the day of the fourth, the email was generated at 3 o'clock, after the Contractor General delivered his report. The machine that generated the report is a Xerox XP40 colour copier, which is not in the possession of the Contractor General's Office, so it is obvious that it did not come from the Contractor General. So, I withdraw my allegation that that (the report) came from (that) office. (Now), we need to find out which office has that machine, which is not a popular machine. My information tells me that that machine cost something in the region of $150,000, so anyone who has it knows that they have it," said Mr. Peart.
He apologised for the inconvenience caused to the Contractor General.
Wednesday, 19 March 2008
Opposition Member of Parliament Michael Peart has retracted statements he made regarding the leaking of the Contractor General's report on the Cuban Light Bulb Saga.
At the height of the scandal, Mr. Peart had alleged that the leak came from the Contractor General's office, a claim vehemently denied by Contractor General Greg Christie.
But during Tuesday's sitting of Parliament, Mr. Peart said his own investigations revealed that the document was sent to media houses via a Xerox machine.
"The delivery was between 11.30 and 1.30 on the day of the fourth, the email was generated at 3 o'clock, after the Contractor General delivered his report. The machine that generated the report is a Xerox XP40 colour copier, which is not in the possession of the Contractor General's Office, so it is obvious that it did not come from the Contractor General. So, I withdraw my allegation that that (the report) came from (that) office. (Now), we need to find out which office has that machine, which is not a popular machine. My information tells me that that machine cost something in the region of $150,000, so anyone who has it knows that they have it," said Mr. Peart.
He apologised for the inconvenience caused to the Contractor General.
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