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Peter Karran MHK Speaking Out for the People in the Parliament of the Isle of Man |
DEMOCRACY 'AT RISK' IN THE WORLD'S OLDEST CONTINUOUS PARLIAMENT. |
DAMNING MOUNT MURRAY INQUIRY REPORT FINDS TREASURY MINISTER KNOWINGLY MISLED HOUSE OF KEYS. |
Onchan MHK Peter Karran, who instigated the probe last year, congratulated the Commission and called on all those severely criticised to resign. The Commission says the public owes a debt of gratitude to those who prompted the Inquiry and adds, 'Mr Karran's complaint was rooted in corruption of the system and that complaint has been made good'. Commission of Inquiry into Mount Murray. |
"The Commission's approach to its remit has been accepted by the Isle of Man High Court and by the Appeal Court of the Isle of Man. These Court decisions have been the subject of further appeal to the Privy Council, but the appeal has been dismissed for reasons which are still awaited at the time of publication of this report. The allegations of corruption were not direct allegations of corruption. The sense and context of the allegations made related primarily to maladministration and weakness in government allied to lack of transparency. However, we do find that there was corruption of the system of government by reason of consistent maladminstration and weakness, allied to wrongdoing by officers, and the lack of transparency in government dealings. This did allow a developer in effect to dictate to government, and, without in any way breaking the law, achieve in development terms exactly what it wanted to achieve, notwithstanding the consequential cost to the taxpayer generally, and affected members of the public particularly, in terms of safety, amenity and finance. The primary events which lead to the production of this report occurred over twelve years ago, yet it was only some three years ago that they were truly brought into the public arena. The failure to detect and examine the misdeeds for nine years until the Crow Report was commissioned is as important an aspect of our report as are the original events. This is because the weaknesses and failures by government in the handling of those matters continue in significant degree with a still present belief, in many areas of current influence, that there was really little wrong with the systems of government, and there was simply negligence or misconduct by some limited number of individuals who were operating the systems. Such opinions are seriously misconceived." Commission of Inquiry into Mount Murray Part One Report. Part One Final Conclusion. 3 July 2003 |
The Commission of Inquiry into Mount Murray published its Part One Report on the 3 July 2003. A full copy of the Report in downloadable PDF file format can be found on this website on the page headed Mount Murray . |
A FULL DOWNLOAD OF THE REPORT IS AVALABLE ON THIS WEBSITE TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO DEVELOPMENT MATTERS AT MOUNT MURRAY PART ONE REPORT / JUNE 2003. |
