Wayne Furbert, the Shadow Minister of Business Development, intends to table legislation in Parliament on Monday to create a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of extortion and bribery made against two government ministers and a former Attorney-General.

Mr Furbert said that “in the interest of public welfare”, he wants the inquiry to conduct a special investigation against the One Bermuda Alliance’s Craig Cannonier, Senator Michael Fahy and Mark Pettingill.

Mr Furbert said: “From the Jetgate scandal that saw three OBA ministers violate the ministerial code and led to the resignation of [then] Premier Cannonier, to the serious allegations before the courts of attempted bribery in the waterfront scandal by OBA ministers and insiders.

“From Day 1 the OBA government’s tenure has been characterised by scandals, broken promises and lack of transparency. When ministers are accused of accepting favours and payouts from casino developers or attempting to obtain bribes from waterfront developers, it casts a serious shadow over our reputation as a clean, modern sophisticated jurisdiction.

“Any right-thinking Bermudian would agree that corruption in any form has no place in our country.

“If it happened in the past it was wrong, if it happens in the future it is wrong and if corruption is happening today, right now, within the OBA government, it is wrong.”

Mr Furbert then pointed out that in 2006, after calling for a Royal Commission, Mr Dunkley said: “When those who hold public trust for private gain, the effects are too far-reaching and too serious for anyone to ignore. How we deal with it in the weeks ahead would say much about us as a country, our political leadership and public standard, and the example we set for our children.

“In making this call we are asking the Premier himself to use the influence of his office to make it happen.”

Mr Furbert added: “I am asking the Premier, the Honourable Michael Dunkley, to stand where he stood in 2006, and to use the power of his office to direct his party to support the motion and make it happen.”