Integrity Commission recommends charge against JLP councillor Rohan Hall over statutory declaration
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The article reports a ruling by the Integrity Commission directing charges against a Jamaican public official for breaching the Integrity Commission Act, tied to failure to file a statutory declaration and handling of a fixed penalty. This is direct government accountability and public official misconduct.
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Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Councillor Rohan Hall is to be charged for breaching the Integrity Commission Act, the director of corruption prosecution has ruled.
Hall, councillor for the Red Hills division in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, failed to file his statutory declaration for the December 2019 period, an indicative ruling tabled in Parliament on Tuesday said.
The ruling was accompanied by an investigative report, which was also tabled.
It indicated that Hall was served a notice to discharge liability on September 12, 2023, and given 21 days to pay a fixed penalty of $250,000 to Tax Administration Jamaica.
He was also to submit the outstanding declaration.
However, the councillor reportedly failed to do either of the two, Director of Investigations Kevon Stephenson said, following checks with the Information and Complaints Division of the commission.
Stephenson said Hall provided no reasonable cause for failing to submit the declaration.
The case was referred to the director of corruption prosecution who ruled that Hall be charged for breaching section 43(1)a of the Integrity Commission Act.
- Kimone Francis
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