JLP rejects PNP's call for Holness to resign

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) says the People's National Party's (PNP) call for Prime Minister Andrew Holness to leave office is "desperate and unwarranted".

Earlier today the PNP said in a press release that Holness should step down following the publication of the Integrity Commission’s investigative report into Prime Minister's financial affairs.

"The position taken by the PNP is desperate, baseless and without merit. It is important to note that unlike some individuals in the PNP, the Prime Minister does not hide his assets in Trust Funds," spokesperson for the JLP, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, stated in response.

She called instead for Opposition Leader Mark Golding and Opposition senator Peter Bunting to resign, pointing to a 2010 report from the then Office of the Contractor General on its investigation into the alleged 'sweetheart deal' between the then PNP Government and Dehring, Bunting and Golding Ltd.

Golding and Bunting were both principals of the company.

The then contractor general found that there was nothing illegal in the so-called 'sweetheart deals'. However, he concluded that aspects of the agreement were irregular and highly improper.

"The fact of the matter is given the findings of the OCG probe, which is on the record of the parliament of Jamaica, it is Peter Bunting and Mark Golding who should immediately demit the post of Opposition Leader and Opposition Senate Leader. Bunting and Golding's current posture confirms they should never have been allowed near leadership positions which were assumed by virtue of them being members of a party which claims to take itself seriously but has become an organisation of gimmicks and expediency," Cuthbert-Flynn said.

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