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PSOJ President Metry Seaga
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) has written to the Office of the Services Commission (OSC) seeking clarity on the appointment of chartered accountant Dennis Chung to the top job at the Financial Investigations Division.
PSOJ President Metry Seaga says the organisation wrote to the OSC last week with the intention of removing the mystery surrounding the appointment.
Speaking with The Gleaner and subsequently Radio Jamaica News on Monday, Mr. Seaga said requests for an explanation on the removal of the law enforcement requirement for the position of Chief Technical Director are reasonable.
"Well, as I had said earlier, I think that once we're not breaking, breaching any privacy arrangements that have been made, there doesn't seem to be any good reason from my point of view to be blocking that information. If the transaction [is clean] - and I assume it to be until otherwise proven - then I think that you should bring everything to the light of day and let's see that everything was clean and clear," he demanded.
Mr. Seaga said the PSOJ has asked the OSC for a meeting "to hear some details so that we can help [them] to try and quell any noise that's out there that's unnecessary".
Mr. Chung, who does not have law enforcement experience, was appointed to lead the FID, effective June 2.
Since his selection was made public, civil society groups and the parliamentary opposition have raised questions about the decision.
The Gleaner reported on Sunday that the OSC, the secretariat for the commissions that hire certain public servants, denied the newspaper's Access to Information (ATI) request for records explaining the removal of the minimum requirement for 12 years law enforcement experience, including five at a senior level.
The original post advertised in November 2024, included that experience requirement.
It was revealed through the ATI request that retired deputy police commissioner Fitz Bailey, who had been selected in the first round, declined the offer on January 21, 2025.
Two days later, the OSC re-advertised the post, but this time without the law enforcement requirement.