Pamela Gordon to clear up a controversy that has besmirched his reputation.

Ms Gordon who is understood to have returned to the Island at the weekend did not return a phone call from The Royal Gazette yesterday but it is expected that she will be issuing a prepared statement on the issue very soon.

When contacted at his home yesterday evening, Mr. Pearman said that if the Premier does not call him, he would be speak to her as soon as possible.

"There is no question of me making any statement,'' he said. "I think I have made sufficient.'' Mr. Pearman's comments came weeks after reports surfaced that he was allegedly made the subject of a Police investigation.

Two persons who were arrested as a result of Operation Cleansweep, had cashed cheques that he had given them for work they had done at his home.

Soon afterward, Mr. Pearman charged that he had become the subject of Police surveillance, a claim the Deputy Governor has hotly denied.

Still Mr. Pearman has expressed dissatisfaction with the way the matter has been handled.

He alleged that the Governor, Thorold Masefield, had suggested to Premier Gordon that he should be asked to step down.

And it is this alleged conversation that is causing the most disquiet.

Consequently Mr. Pearman is expected to discuss this with the Premier to find out what exactly was said.

Mr. Pearman has offered to resign from the United Bermuda Party and sit as an Independent MP, but Ms Gordon and deputy Premier Jerome Dill have both said that they support him.

The controversy broke after Mr. Pearman, 70, was put in the frame during Operation Cleansweep.

Mr. Pearman said Police Commissioner Colin Coxall had confirmed the Minister had been put under surveillance after two men netted under Cleansweep were found to have cashed cheques that Mr. Pearman wrote. One of the men is claimed to have said he had bought drugs for Mr. Pearman.

Mr. Pearman said he had hired two men -- suspected of being drug dealers -- in a bid to help get them back on track and the cheques were payment for work around his home.

The row took a fresh twist when Mr. Pearman said that allegations about his private life had also surfaced -- allegations he steadfastly denied.

And Mr. Pearman said the allegations were part of a dirty tricks campaign to smear his name.