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<p>Former Contractor General Dirk Harrison will step away from
the newly formed Integrity Commission, after a longstanding feud with members
of the entity. It is understood that Harrison will end the relationship on
Sunday.</p>
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<p>According to information gleaned by <strong>BUZZ</strong>, Harrison has written to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen earlier this month, indicating that he will enter early retirement.</p>
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<p>Harrison has had a longstanding battle with other members of
the Integrity Commission for several months.</p>
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<p>The former prosecutor resigned before even taking up the
position of director of corruption prosecutions, which he was designated to act
in, at the Integrity Commission, the island’s new corruption watchdog.</p>
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<p>The Integrity Commission is mandated to promote and enhance
standards of ethical conduct for parliamentarians, public officials and other
persons by consolidating laws relating to the prevention of corruption and the award, monitoring and investigating of the government contracts and prescribed
licences; and strengthen the measures for the prevention, detection,
investigation and prosecution of acts of corruption.</p>
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<p>The entity was developed pursuant to Sections 1 and 5 of the
integrity Commission Act, 2017, which allowed the Office of the Contractor
General (OCG), Commission for the Prevention of Corruption (CPC) and the
Integrity Commission (Integrity of Parliament Members) to fully subsumed into
the Integrity Commission.</p>
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<p>Harrison and the commissioners of the Integrity Commission
have been at odds since April, when he put out his report on the ‘Rooms on the
Beach Report’, which they distanced themselves from in May.</p>
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