Advocacy groups call for George Wright s resignation jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
George Wright
The due process argument appears to be wearing thin in the George Wright saga as four advocacy groups – The Jamaica Accountability Meter Portal, National Integrity Action, Jamaicans for Justice and Stand Up For Jamaica have joined the call for the resignation of the Member of Parliament for Central Westmoreland with immediate effect.
The four have made the call based on several factors, including actions taken so far by the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of which Wright is a member, circumstantial evidence and statements from the police.
“For the last two weeks, Jamaicans at home and abroad have had to confront in their own minds the question of whether Wright was guilty of a violent and barbaric physical attack on a woman. Many have framed the argument solely around the CCTV footage of the altercation, which rendered both parties unidentifiable. Others have either incorporated or ignored pertinent circumstantial facts to justify their conclusion,” the gr
Advocacy groups call for George Wright s resignation jamaicaobserver.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jamaicaobserver.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the wake of a damning report into alleged nepotism involving taxpayer money, Juliet Holness has defended the worth of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) while acknowledging that efficient monitoring and accountability controls must be enforced.
Holness, who chairs the CDF Committee, sought to distance herself from recent pronouncements by the auditor general about a lack of transparency in the administration of funds under the CDF Unit, stating that the audit did not apply to her tenure.
CDF allocations of $20 million are earmarked to each of the 63 members of parliament for redistribution through a slew of community projects spanning a wide range of services including roadworks, disaster aid, education, and charity.