Mayne wins partial court approval in IC fight
The Supreme Court ruled that a lawsuit filed by junior finance minister Zavia Mayne can proceed. Mayne is challenging a report from the Integrity Commission regarding his statutory declarations. This anti-corruption body requires parliamentarians and public officials to submit yearly records of their assets, income, and liabilities. The court decided that two senior officials from the commission will not be defendants in the case.
A lawsuit filed by junior finance minister Zavia Mayne challenging an investigation report by the Integrity Commission (IC) into his statutory declarations can go ahead but without two senior IC officials as defendants, the Supreme Court has ruled. The IC is Jamaica’s principal anti-corruption body. Mayne, like all parliamentarians and most public officials, is required by law to submit annual declarations of his income, assets and liabilities.