Presented to us in the form of a Press Release, Governor Adrian Davis sends a Letter to the Editor in response to the article published in TMR reference to Mr. John Ryan’s response to an invitation letter to him by his replacement on the MDC Board, Julian Daniel.
The invitation and his response were published in March 29, 2015 issue of TMR. We should note this letter was received before we confirmed that Mr. Ryan did not indeed meet the request of the invitation and the Review concluded and the Report Summary and action by Government published in this issue.
The Governor wrote.
Dear Sir,
In response to an article recently published in The Montserrat Reporter (John E Ryan, Former MDC Chairman, responds to the MDC Review Team) the Governor’s office would like to issue the following statement.
Mr Martin Dawson is the department for International Development (DFID) Representative in Montserrat. His role is to act as the main interlocutor between DFID and the Government of Montserrat. He has oversight of all DFID programmes and ensures compliance with agreed processes and procedures, due diligence, transparency, accountability and value for money are followed in all DFID-supported activities.
With the full support of the Government of Montserrat he was invited to be a member of the Task Force Review of the Montserrat Development Corporation. He has undertaken this role objectively and impartially, as have other Task Force members.
It is completely false to suggest that Mr Dawson is pursuing a personal agenda separate to his official duties.
Adrian Davis
Governor
25th March 2015.
