Sinclair wants sanctions against facilitators of payment to former Troupe assistant
WESTERN BUREAU: SENATOR CHARLES Sinclair, the outspoken councillor for the Flanker division in the St James Municipal Corporation (STJMC), is calling for sanctions to be levied against staffers who facilitated the recent questionable payment of funds to a former personal assistant of Granville Councillor Michael Troupe.
The municipal corporation is still awaiting a probe ordered by Montego Bay’s mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, after documents revealed that payment amounting to $25,000, authorised by Troupe, was made out to the woman for work done for the period of October 1 to 31, which was at least two months after Troupe said she had terminated her employment.
“The giving-a-bly mentality will not work,” said Charles, who was speaking during yesterday’s monthly meeting of the STJMC.
“I want to know how the person
left three months ago, but claims were made in October, and, to make matters worse, how come the cheque was collected by someone other than whose name was on it? We must not give it no pretty name.”
The former assistant is now the subject of a major investigation by the police with regard to a shipment of 117 illegal firearms, which were seized at the Miami International Airport by US border patrol agents. Her name was listed as the sender of the shipment, which was said to be destined for the criminal underworld in Montego Bay.
In pressing home his demand for action against those who facilitated the payment to the woman, Sinclair said that any member of staff of the STJMC who was found to have facilitated the transaction should be appropriately punished.
“Further investigation is needed and we need answers,” said Sinclair, who once served as mayor of Montego Bay.