Rachel Scott - The Nassau Guardian
While Public Disclosure Commission Chairman Bishop Victor Cooper said some first-time MPs were “not aware” of the legal requirement to file their financial declarations, Office of the Prime Minister Press Secretary Clint Watson said yesterday that all parliamentarians knew of the requirement, but those who missed the deadline were “caught up” with other matters.
“They all are aware that you have to disclose,” said Watson during an Office of the Prime Minister press conference.
“It was a part of training for new parliamentarians.
“Now, what may have happened, I suspect in this matter, is that the deadline passed and with people being so consumed with whatever they were doing, they obviously did not make the deadline or forgot the deadline was there.
