The Government has moved to court to prevent the Integrity Commission from compelling the Ministry of Health and Wellness to produce eight employment files as part of its investigation into alleged corruption linked to the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme.

The commission has warned that the Government's move could cripple corruption investigations across government, but the attorney general insists it is about protecting the constitutional privacy rights of public officers.

Filed in the Supreme Court on March 23, the case pits the attorney general – the State's principal legal officer – and Ministry of Health and Wellness Permanent Secretary Errol Greene against the Integrity Commission and its director of investigations, Kevon Stephenson.