So, if you follow Julio Valdez’s testimony, he kept on suggesting that his superiors told him to refocus on the breech at the immigration Department, where the files were removed.

It is unclear who he is pointing fingers to as the person who basically told him to abandon his investigation into these questionable nationalities for persons who did not qualify. His testimony happened in the morning, and so the Senate had ample time to ready themselves to question Whylie on it. 

Today, the Commissioner insisted that it’s not him who gave the order, and if anyone suggests that he did, he will sue them. Here’s that part of the inquiry:

Allen Whylie - Commissioner of Police
“He came in and provider me with a verbal briefing in terms of the investigation. The impression I got was that he was perhaps running into some road blocks at the immigration department and I reminded him that as police we do have a responsibility to investigate and that he needed to get into the immigration and to see all those files and that if I needed to sign a search warrant for him to do that I was prepared to do so.â€￾

Hon. Mark Lizarraga - Business Senator
“Did you get a final report?â€￾

Allen Whylie
“No I received no final report from him, as far as I’m concerned he hadn’t finished, I don’t know.â€￾

Hon. Mark Lizarraga
“You never saw it fit to ask to find out?â€￾

Allen Whylie
“I did and I purposely did not because the fact that there was an issue in the media that someone had told him or stopped him from investigating and I wanted to know who had because I knew I hadn’t and I spoke to the...â€￾

Hon. Mark Lizarraga
“Just for clarity this morning he said that they didn’t stop him, they told him to continue along this line looking more into the missing files.â€￾

Allen Whylie
“I don’t think so, perhaps misinterpretation on his part because I’m saying that it was out there is the media that he had been stopped and I knew that in the one meeting I had with him, I hadn’t stopped him, I had encouraged him to investigate but I gathered from our meeting that he felt that he shouldn’t pursue that line of questioning and I told him no, no, no you need to clarify this issue because if you don’t clarify this issue I will take action. I did not personally get involved in that investigation nor the Wong Hong Kim because I already saw that the spin was that Commissioner Whylie said not to investigate and in my view it was the converse of that, I wanted an investigation, I had nothing to do in terms of any wrong doing at immigration.â€￾

Hon. Mark Lizarraga
“The matter remains unsolved because nobody knows what has happened to the missing files.â€￾

Allen Whylie
“Well you can say that, you can say that because as I said I can’t say that Mr. Valdez; I thought that Mr. Valdez had completed his investigation and he had submitted the file to the DPP.â€￾

Hon. Eamon Courtenay - PUP Senator
“You are telling the committee you made it clear to him that he should precede with investigating how the files got into the custody of Mr. Saldivar and also the irregularities that he had identified with respect to the nationality matters. Both things and he left from there with the impression that you told him don’t investigate the irregularities with the nationality; concentrate on how the files got in the custody of Mr. Saldivar.â€￾

Allen Whylie
“I am presuming that’s what happened.â€￾

Hon. Eamon Courtenay
“Right and your saying to us that it was subsequently clarified that in truth and in fact you were telling him to proceed along both lanes, both things?â€￾

Allen Whylie
“Yes but what I’m saying is that I cannot to today’s date understand how he could believe that it was otherwise because as I said the conversation was done in the presence of another senior officer.â€￾

Hon. Eamon Courtenay
“I understand we weren’t there so we are just trying to find out and we’re listening to stories. Mr. Valdez sat right there earlier today and made it very clear to this committee that there is a person who gave him certain instructions and he refused to reveal the name of the person. Two names came up, Blackett, you. He specifically said it wasn’t Blackett. Given the impression as you had said just now, the impression nothing more than that, if da no he, call a name and I will whistle. So commissioner you are now saying that it wasn’t you, so we know it’s not you, it’s not Blackett, so Mr. Valdez crazy?â€￾

Allen Whylie
“Well maybe you should ask Mr. Valdez that question.â€￾

Hon. Eamon Courtenay
“What has happened to the investigation into the irregularity with respect to the nationality that Mr. Valdez had identified, what has happened to that?â€￾

Allen Whylie
“Well as I said I though Mr. Valdez had concluded that investigation and had sent the file to the DPP.â€￾

Hon. Eamon Courtenay
“But he hasn’t.â€￾

Allen Whylie
“But I never knew that, he didn’t tell me that.â€￾

Hon. Eamon Courtenay
“He told us there is a chain of command; he would report to Mr. Blackett, Mr. Blackett would report to you. You didn’t ask Mr. Blackett remember that thing Mr. Valdez had talked about, where it is and Mr. Blackett didn’t brief you and said nothing has happened?â€￾

Allen Whylie
“As I said I thought Mr. Valdez had concluded the investigation and had sent the files to the DPP.â€￾

Ashley Rocke - Church Senator
“I thihnk you need to understand the weight of the comments that the gentleman made to us this morning. To the extent that he was able and willing to tell us this morning that he will not give us the name because of a fear of criminal or legal implications.â€￾

Allen Whylie
“Well sir I can tell you that couple months ago the media asked me and I’ll be honest with you, all Allen Whylie has is his name that was given to me by my parents and I bare it with pride. And the media asked me a couple months ago that allegedly Mr. Valdez had said certain things and I told the media I said if Mr. Valdez say certain things and I hear him say it and I know it is not true, I will spend ever copper I own to clear my name that’s the way I am. I’ve had issues with certain media houses, I have had those matters with my attorney and one apologized, the other was prepared but I did not accept the apology and I’m telling you that matter will be pursued. I will spend every copper I have if I have to clear my name because I don’t play that and so Mr. Valdez knows if he comes here and say certain things that he knows is untrue or says it in the media or the public, I will take him to court and I’ll spend every last copper if I have to because I did not such thing, I gave him no such instructions. I’m not a stupid fella, I’m not a crazy man, I have 30 years’ service with distinctions in the Belize Police Department and in the public service and I will not throw it away for anybody. Nobody has asked me to do anything wrong doing and nobody will because anybody you talk to on both side of the isles will tell you Allen Whylie is a man of his word and if he said it’s so, it’s so. I don’t tell lies on people, I have no reason to, nothing to gain, I’m comfortable in my very own skin, very comfortable in my own skin.â€￾

We’ll have more from the Commissioner tomorrow where he will discuss his stint as CEO responsible for Immigration.