4) On 26 October 2009, the Commission informed Mr Skrenya that it was contemplating recommending that he be provisionally suspended from office pending the outcome of an investigation into his fitness to hold office. He was requested to show cause why the decision should not be taken. In his response, he indicated that there was no need to provisionally suspend him as there was no possibility of him interfering with the criminal and misconduct investigations. He further indicated that he never at any stage had the intention to defraud the State of any money. He was of the view that the complaints were levelled against him because his sub-cluster head "is pregnant with hatred towards him".