HOUSE SPEAKER Juliet Holness on Tuesday bowed to public pressure after months of intense debate and released the opinion of the Auditor General’s Chambers, allowing the documents to be tabled in the House of Representatives. Holness did not act.
Politicians do politics; and everything that went on last week, between the government and Opposition parliamentarians, is sheer political one-upmanship. Caution to both. Just remember that 71 per cent of the electorate does not give a cough for.
One of Jamaica’s anti-corruption watchdogs is pressing for the swift prosecution in 2024 of politicians who are being investigated for alleged illicit enrichment. Director of National Integrity Action (NIA) Danielle Archer made the call in response.
It began with key government personnel openly and repeatedly castigating the Integrity Commission (IC) as if that body’s operations – examinations, investigations into the political directorate - were somehow out of synch with good governance..
History beckons and is staring Prime Minister Andrew Holness, right in the middle of his face. He has two tasks; but if he fails at the first, the second is nugatory. Right now, he is on the crest of a perfect storm. His administration has played.