For­mer head of the Pub­lic Ser­vice Regi­nald Du­mas says chair­man of the Equal Op­por­tu­ni­ty Com­mis­sion (EOC) Pro­fes­sor John La Guerre must ex­plain how a re­port on award of schol­ar­ships was re­leased be­fore the in­ves­ti­ga­tion was com­plete. Du­mas' com­ments came af­ter La Guerre wrote to Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley con­firm­ing that the mat­ter was still be­ing in­ves­ti­gat­ed and it was rec­om­mend­ed that it be put to con­cil­i­a­tion. La Guerre said the re­port could not be re­leased as a con­se­quence.

La Guerre al­so said he was re­quest­ing in­for­ma­tion from Par­lia­ment about the re­lease of the doc­u­ment dur­ing Tues­day's sit­ting of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar. La Guerre said the re­port was giv­en to Trans­port Min­is­ter De­vant Ma­haraj, who is the com­plainant in the mat­ter, un­der the Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act.

He said the Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Min­is­ter was al­so pre­sent­ed with a copy of the re­port as the re­spon­dent in the mat­ter. "If the mat­ter was on­go­ing then how did it get in­to the pub­lic do­main via the Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act?" Du­mas asked. "Is this a fi­nal re­port or not? "I am a lit­tle un­com­fort­able and I would like an ex­pla­na­tion from the com­mis­sion and the Gov­ern­ment," he added.