SportsMax Limited had been contracted to supply satellite services for simulcast racing from South Africa and the United Kingdom to Caymanas Park.

While acknowledging that he was in receipt of a copy of the contractor general's report, Rousseau said he had not read it. He also refused to speculate on his future as chairman of CTL, saying he would not be engaging in the hypothetical.

"I have seen it, but I have not read it, so I can't comment. I will read it in due course," Rousseau said.

Breached several laws

Rousseau's response follows the publication of a special contractor general's report which stated that he had acted contrary to a section of the Corruption Prevention Act.

"You can publish anything you want, but understand, I like to file writ," Rousseau told The Gleaner yesterday.

In a 187-page report tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, Contractor General Greg Christie opined that Rousseau had breached several laws in his capacity as chairman of Caymanas Track Limited.

"... Mr Rousseau, while actively holding the position of chairman of CTL, SportsMax and IMC boards, has improperly carried on negotia-tions with representatives of PGI and has passed information in his capacity as chairman of CTL to Oliver McIntosh, the CEO and president of SportsMax, IMC, with a view to a benefit accruing to SportsMax and or IMC," Christie said in one section of the report.

The contractor general, who had spent months investigating the allegations of irregularity surroun-ding an alleged proposal by SportsMax Limited to supply satellite services for simulcast racing from South Africa and the United Kingdom to Caymanas Park, said there was evidence to suggest breaches of government procure-ment guidelines, the Financial Administration and Audit Act, the Companies Act, the Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act and the Corruption Prevention Act.

Some of the conclusions in the contractor general's report

-The Contractor General concluded that Rousseau had disclosed his interest in SportsMax to the Board but found no evidence he had done so in relation to IMC, SportsMax's parent company.

-The Contractor General said Rousseau "had failed to comply, inter alia, with the requirements of the Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act and the Companies Act by failing to disclose his interest in IMC to the Board and Management of CTL.

-The contractor general also reported that CTL board or some members of the board, including deputy chairman Peter Lawson, "acted negligently in the discharge of their responsibilities as CTL directors and or abused their authorities and offices as directors of CTL and/or breached their respective duties of trust and the company and/or breached their respective fiduciary or statutory duties to the company".

-The OCG said Rousseau was negotiating on behalf of CTL without the input of the CTL Board and/or the management, contrary to his assertions.

"By all indications, Mr Rousseau had initiated and carried out the negotiations and later informed the management and Board," the OCG's report stated.

The report added: "The OCG's investigation found that the agreement which was settled between CTL and IMC was devoid of impartially and was settled in circumstances which involved irregularity and impropriety."