Greg Christie will rock the boat

ONE of the individuals on a shrinking list of squeaky clean professionals — Greg Christie — took office as executive director of Jamaica’s anti-corruption agency, the Integrity Commission, last week.

Christie, we must remember, served as Jamaica’s Contractor General, and ran his office with precision and professionalism. He was slaughtered by those who did not look rosy at the end of investigations, among them State policymakers.

I met him at a seminar held at the University College of the Cayman Islands a few years ago, where we both presented papers, and became even more convinced that this country would be a far better place if we had more Greg Christies.

Maybe one of his first tasks is to look at the furore surrounding the imminent granting of another lottery licence by the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission, just to see if there were any breaches in procedures, and maybe, offer an opinion as to whether or not the call by one of the players for an independent study to determine market affordability, was justified.

Greg Christie will ruffle a lot of feathers. Wait for it.