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PAAC member Mikael Phillips and Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association President Lynvale Hamilton
The National Security Ministry has shed more light on the measure to be adopted as a temporary move to fill the gap that has been created due to the non-delivery of the vehicles by O'Brien's International Car Sales and Rentals.
It has stated that steps are now being taken to secure vehicles locally. In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry said based on the state of affairs, it will be seeking 100 vehicles in the shortest possible time to plug this gap. In addition, the Ministry said all appropriate mechanisms have been put in place to protect its interests.
To date, the contractor has only delivered thirty of the cars, with another 66 on the wharf to be cleared. A dispute has now arisen about the payment of the duties on these vehicles, and this has been referred to the Attorney General's Chambers.
In the meantime, Mikael Phillips, a member of the Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC), has reacted to the intended procurement of the 100 cars to fill the gap.
He said there are several questions that the government needs to clarify, such as whether they have made a public tender or an emergency tender for the vehicles being sought.
"Similarly, they have given the technical documents for the type of vehicles the police want. Is it in keeping with those? And is it going to be guild vehicles or used vehicles?" he added. "I think the public deserves to know all that information."
The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association has said the 100 vehicles being urgently sought by the National Security Ministry can be procured easily as the vehicles - more than likely Toyota Corollas - are sold by a variety of dealers.
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