“According to Civil Service Rules, nobody can bypass the Chief of Staff to see or take orders from the governor, all the directors take orders from the Chief of Staff, unit heads take orders from their various directors and it is only the Chief of Staff that can give approval for who gets what from the Government House bank accounts,” he said.
He also told the court that all monies released were done after the approval of the Chief of Staff, stating that he or any of his staff did not receive any money to pay into the account of the third defendant.