The Integrity Commission has compiled and published register of government contracts and interests declared by political candidates.
In accordance with Section 49(1)(f) of the Constitution which came into force on 15 October 2012, a person may be disqualified from being appointed as a member of the House of Assembly if they are a party to any contract with the Government and has not disclosed in a notice to the Integrity Commission the nature of such contract and his or her interest in it.
In the run up to the elections which take place on 9 November 2012, The Integrity Commission has a number of legislative responsibilities concerning the publication of information and making this readily available to the public of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Candidates have therefore been submitting notices to the Commission and were required to do so by no later than 25 October 2012, the date for close of nominations. Thereafter, the Commission is required under Section 49(3) of the Constitution to publish any notice delivered to it for the purpose of informing the electorate before the date of the election.
The Commission has therefore compiled this information on a register which is now available and accessible on the Commissions page of the government website: www.gov.tc. This has been utilised on a temporary basis until such time as the Commissions website is fully operational. In addition, the Commission will make further arrangements for the register to be more widely available and will also have the register open for public inspection at its offices situated in Waterloo Plaza, Waterloo Road, Grand Turk.
Eugene Otuonye QC, Director of the Integrity Commission stated that “it is extremely important that this information is publicly available to the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands. In doing so, the Commission is fulfilling its primary responsibility under the Constitution which is to promote integrity, honesty and good faith in public life in the islands”.
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