Death threat listed among OCG's challenges in 2010

Contractor General Greg Christie has pointed to a death threat as one of the challenges faced by the Office of the Contractor General last year.

In his annual report which was tabled in Parliament yesterday, Christie said these challenges included, but were not limited to "at least one overt threat that was made against the life of a senior member of staff."

The head of the contract oversight body also took a jab at the ruling Jamaica Labour Party government.

He noted that there were misguided and very worrying challenges emanating from the administration and "others which sought to impose unwarranted jurisdictional boundaries upon the OCG's exercise of its lawful mandates".

Recommendations ignored

Christie suggested in his annual report that he was not surprised at the recurring decimal of the innumerable referrals and recommendations sent to state authorities, both legislative and executive arms of the State, which were for the most part, ignored.

Despite the many challenges, Christie said he was pleased to report that the OCG discharged its mandates "in a highly satisfactory and commendable manner and will, under my watch, continue to do so fearlessly and dispassionately ...".