KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The ruling Jamaica Labour Get together (JLP) dismissed a name for Prime Minister Andrew Holness to resign.
The decision was made Wednesday by the principle opposition Folks’s Nationwide Get together (PNP) in mild of the Integrity Fee’s report on its investigation into the earnings and belongings declarations submitted by Holness for 2019-2022.
In a press launch, the opposition stated Holness’ presence in workplace is a “disservice to the Jamaican individuals and our democratic system.”
“The Workplace of the Prime Minister have to be a beacon of integrity, not a spot to defend oneself from scrutiny. Holness’ ongoing rearguard motion to stay in energy beneath a cloud of suspicion is unacceptable. We name on him to do the best factor and step down instantly. His continued presence in workplace is a disservice to the Jamaican individuals and our democratic system,” it stated.
The social gathering additionally accused Holness of deceptive Jamaicans when he stated in August final yr that nobody in his social gathering was beneath investigation for illicit enrichment.
Nevertheless, the Integrity Fee says it wrote to Holness on Could 5, 2023, notifying him of the investigation for alleged illicit enrichment.
The PNP additionally highlighted the fee’s referral to the Monetary Investigations Division and Commissioner Normal of Tax Administration Jamaica for additional probe.
However in response, the JLP rejected the decision. The social gathering maintains that the Integrity Fee report, upon which the PNP premised its name, discovered the Prime Minister culpable of no wrongdoing.
It stated the Director of Corruption Prosecution instructed that the Prime Minister’s rationalization was credible and, due to this fact, prosecution was unwarranted.
JLP spokesperson Juliet Cuthbert Flynn stated the place taken by the PNP is baseless.
“This Prime Minister has skillfully led the nation by a number of crises and has not been implicated in unbecoming g or any illegal conduct. Any place taken by the PNP is baseless,” stated Cuthbert Flynn.
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