It appears that the government had intended to keep secret the fact that it had worked out a settlement with Yolande Ramharrack, the former Human Resource Manager at the state owned oil refinery Petrojam.
It had already been revealed that a confidentiality clause in the separation agreement required that the parties not disclose the terms of the agreement.
With the documents now tabled in the House of Representatives, however, it has emerged that the parties were barred from even disclosing the very existence of the agreement.
The confidentiality clause also stated that the parties to the agreement should not disclose the negotiations leading to the agreement or the subject of the agreement, except if required by the Supreme Court.
The decision to enter into a non-disclosure agreement with Miss Ramharrack and the details of the financial payments to her on separation from her job have been shrouded in controversy.
The issue will again be the subject of Wednesday's sitting of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
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