During his February 1, 2022 interview with the US-based VICE Media Group, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, in rejecting allegations of collecting bribes from Chinese businesses, invited the reporter to check his submissions to the Integrity Commission to determine whether he is corrupt or not.
However, he failed to acknowledge that the Commission is without commissioners one year after its previous Board expired.
The previous Integrity Commission board expired on February 21, 2021, and the process to appoint a new board commenced since last year. The former board comprised of former Magistrate and retired Land Court Judge Kumar Doraisami, who served as its Chair. The other members were attorney at law Rosemary Benjamin-Noble and pandit Rabindranath Persaud.