Department of Public Prosecutions Director Vinette Graham-Allen has pledged to stay in her job, amid mounting speculation about her future, understands.

A report into discontent in the Department of Public Prosecutions has been finished and is being discussed at the highest levels of Government, it also emerged yesterday.

Rumours have been circulating in legal circles all week about the Director?s future.

And questions put to Government and the Governor by this newspaper about the contents of the report have not been answered.

But it is understood Ms Graham-Allen was determined to stay put in her post, despite the fact that one recommendation of the dossier appeared to be that her contract ? believed to run until next April ? should be paid off and a suitable Bermudian replacement be found.

However, despite apparent pressure from Government, it seems the Jamaican Director ? who was appointed by the Governor Sir John Vereker ? has vowed to stay on.

The civil service review was commissioned by Attorney General Larry Mussenden after a delegation of lawyers complained to him about Ms Graham-Allen.

Complaints about her management style are believed to include allegations of favouritism and undervaluing the work of staff operating in an understaffed department.

A series of questions about the report?s contents were not answered when put to Government Communication Director Beverle Lottimore this week.asked if the completed report had been sent to Governor Sir John Vereker or the Cabinet Secretary. Ms Lottimore was also asked if the findings of the dossier would be made public and whether any recommendations it contained had been carried out.

Her response, which she said was from the head of the civil service, stated: ?The report has been received and is under review. It is not customary to comment on reports of this nature and there is no reason to depart from this principle in this case.?

A spokeswoman at Government House said the Governor would not comment at all on the issue. The spokeswoman said she could not even confirm if the report had been received by Sir John.

Attempts to contact both the Attorney General and Ms Graham-Allen for comment were not successful yesterday.

In January, when news broke about the complaints against the Director, she received support from a department source who said it was just like any other lawyers? office with rampant egos regularly clashing amid shifting alliances.

Some lawyers were taking a long time to reach necessary maturity levels to progress, the source added.

And Sen. Mussenden, who as Attorney General is responsible for the budget of the department, then raised concerns about the lack of local talent waiting in the wings to take over when Ms Graham-Allen departed.

?We need to get more Bermudians into the office and move them into more senior positions,? he said at the time.

On the complaints about the current Director, he stated: ?I take it very seriously because it is a vital part of our justice system. It has to work.

He said a positive working environment was needed and added: ?At this point there seems to be a lot of unhappiness.?

Asked if the problems were solvable under the current leadership, he said that was an issue for the Governor.