The Tribune

By KEILE CAMPBELL

Tribune Staff Reporter

kcampbell@tribunemedia.net

OPPOSITION Leader Michael Pintard has intensified calls for transparency surrounding the reassignment of former Acting Parliamentary Commissioner Arthur Taylor, accusing the Davis administration of removing him for being too forthcoming about election matters.

“We believe that the government has fired him because he has been actually responding to some of the key questions that we have put to the government relative to parliamentary registration,” Mr Pintard said. He suggested Mr Taylor’s openness made him a target for a government intent on controlling the narrative around election preparations.

“We found that when we reached out to him for critical questions to be answered, he was forthcoming,” he said.

Mr Taylor was recently transferred to another government agency after overseeing local government elections that were marred by delays and ballot errors, triggering public concern.

Minister of National Security Wayne Munroe claimed Mr Taylor had requested vacation leave and subsequently asked to be reassigned upon his return. However, Mr Taylor has not publicly confirmed this account. The government has not disclosed the details of his new post.