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First, it must be easily known who is awarded government contracts. Prior to the creation of the Integrity Commission in 2017, the National Contracts Commission published a list of government contracts and who got them. Under the Integrity Commission Act, this information is confidential and top secret. That is one way to make sure that corruption goes undetected!
Second, it must be easily known who gives how much to political parties and candidates. In seriously democratic countries committed to fighting corruption, a list of political donations and donors is publicly available. Under Jamaica’s campaign finance legislation, either donations need not be reported and recorded, or when they must be (when they are large and within a certain reporting period) they are confidential and top secret. That is a second way to make sure that corruption goes undetected!
Third, if a politician is receiving kickbacks, or money “under the table”............................................ .
. Woe unto my Island in the sun.
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/...william-gordon
Second, it must be easily known who gives how much to political parties and candidates. In seriously democratic countries committed to fighting corruption, a list of political donations and donors is publicly available. Under Jamaica’s campaign finance legislation, either donations need not be reported and recorded, or when they must be (when they are large and within a certain reporting period) they are confidential and top secret. That is a second way to make sure that corruption goes undetected!
Third, if a politician is receiving kickbacks, or money “under the table”............................................ .
. Woe unto my Island in the sun.https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/...william-gordon