CONSLE Discusses IMPACS Head's Termination

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Monday, 17 October 2011 02:30

By caribarena news

Antigua St John's - An open-ended Meeting of the Bureau of the CONSLE was held by video-conference on October 14, under the chairmanship of Dr Errol Cort, Minister of National Security and Labour of Antigua & Barbuda.

Also attending the meeting were Tommy Turnquest, Minister of National Security of The Bahamas; Guy Mayers, Minister of Home Affairs and National Security of Saint Lucia; and delegations from Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago.

The meeting was advised of the action taken to terminate the services of the executive director of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), Lynne Anne Williams, pursuant to the decision taken at the Sixteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in New York, held on September 22.

Further, the meeting was informed that to assure the continued leadership at IMPACS, the appointment of Francis Forbes as interim executive director has been extended for a further period of three months - until December 31.    

The meeting discussed a Report of the Diagnostic Audit of IMPACS undertaken by an independent audit firm, and agreed that a further probe be undertaken by the director of Internal Audit of the CARICOM Secretariat, in relation to some of the issues raised in that report,  as recommended by the audit firm. 

The meeting agreed for the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to the request from the Government of Trinidad & Tobago for a waiver of immunity, which would allow any criminal investigation to be undertaken.

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The Terms of Reference for a comprehensive review of the Institutions involved in implementing the Security Agenda within the Community, specifically IMPACS, the Regional Security System (RSS), the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), having been approved by the Heads of Government, the meeting agreed that the consultancy for the rationalisation and reform of these institutions be pursued forthwith.

The Bureau of the CONSLE reiterated the important role of IMPACS in advancing the security agenda of the region. The meeting now awaits the completion of the body of work to be done in the interest of maintaining the safety and security of the people of the region as a priority, a release said.

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