Bahamas Parliament Members’ Assets Total $38.9 Million, Government Says
The 43 members of Parliament in the Bahamas have listed assets totaling $38.9 million, the government’s Official Gazette said last week.
Kendal W. Nottage, a former Cabinet minister who resigned in 1984 after a Royal Commission of Inquiry report on allegations of corruption and drug smuggling, listed $8.4 million in assets and $560,686 in liabilities, making him the wealthiest member of Parliament with a net worth of $7.8 million.
The commission report on Nottage said the former Cabinet minister acted as a front for a criminal organization “whether he knew it or not,” but he was never charged of any crime.
Prime Minister Lynden Pindling, who listed $3.5 million in assets and $1.5 million in liabilities, also was criticized by the opposition when he was unable to explain some of the sources of his income after the inquiry.
Pindling was never charged with a crime in the investigation of influence peddling and drug racketeering that covered several members of his government.
Parliamentarians in Bahamas are compelled to disclose their assets and income and liabilities annually under the Public Disclosure Act of 1976.
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