President David Granger has said that the actions of Minister of State Joseph Harmon do not in any way constitute a breach of the proposed code of conduct for ministers.
On this week’s broadcast of ‘The Public Interest,’ the President was asked whether he felt the “fiasco” surrounding Harmon’s trip to China had violated to still to be finalised ministerial code of conduct. In response, he said “There is no evidence that there was any breach of a code of conduct.”
According to President Granger, Harmon travelled to China on state business, which generated, among other things, the information that the previous government did not account for a US$5 million payment for GT&T shares. He referenced this as a