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Akash Sama­roo

As pres­sure mounts on Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to iden­ti­fy the in­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors she claims at­tempt­ed to trade their votes for per­son­al favours, the In­tegri­ty Com­mis­sion says it can­not act with­out specifics.

Com­mis­sion chair­man Ha­dyn Git­tens said any in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to al­leged mis­con­duct in the Sen­ate re­quires the iden­ti­ties of those ac­cused and clear de­tails of the favours al­leged­ly sought, stress­ing that the com­mis­sion can­not pro­ceed on “un­sup­port­ed al­le­ga­tions.”