The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is taking its anti-corruption allegations against Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell to this week's meeting in St. Vincent and the Grenadines of heads of government of the Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS).
The sub-regional grouping gathers in the Vincentian capital for its 39th meeting which will be dominated by economic issues.
Informed sources told GRENADA TODAY that the congress party will be sending Senator Arley Gill to brief the Prime Ministers of member states on the latest developments in the Spice Isle.
A party official said that a package was being prepared for Sen. Gill to give to each of the leaders about the fresh allegations made against Prime Minister Mitchell involving an alleged trickster from Germany named Eric Resteiner.
The NDC has vowed to use all "legal and constitutional" means at its disposal to force Mitchell from office in light of the allegations which first surfaced in the Miami-based Offshore Alert magazine.
According to the source, Sen. Gill was expected to leave the island on Wednesday night to undertake the mission on behalf of congress which is calling for a full scale and independent probe into the allegations against Mitchell.
The Grenadian leader is accused of receiving an amount of money in a briefcase in Switzerland from Resteiner in connection with a diplomatic appointment.
Government has denied any wrong-doing on the part of Dr. Mitchell and said that the money from Resteiner was to cover the expenses of a Grenada delegation to visit Europe and Kuwait.
An official release said that the Prime Minister has asked his lawyers to file a law suit against the publication and its publisher David Marchant over the article.
The article quoted Resteiner's chief bodyguard as saying in an affidavit that the handing over of the briefcase with the money was video-taped by him on instructions from his boss.
The nine Heads of Government of the OECS start their meeting on Thursday and will deliberate on a packed agenda of wide-ranging issues, key among which is the advancement of the OECS Economic Union process.
The meeting will receive a report on plans for a new OECS Treaty to more adequately provide for deeper integration of the sub-regional organisation.
It will also get an update on how the constitutional review process in the member-states fits into the movement towards an economic union.
The OECS Summit will discuss policy issues relating to air transportation, energy, ICT and energy resource management and the Heads of Government will also receive and review plans for the creation of an OECS Business Forum.
The nine member-states of the OECS are: Antigua-Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Anguilla and the British Virgin islands.
Prime Minister Anthony left St. Lucia on Wednesday and the meeting ends on Friday.