Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness last night responded to questions about his house posed by the ruling People’s National Party (PNP), disclosing what he described as “an unprecedented amount of personal financial affairs” and stating that he was doing so “in the interest of transparency and integrity” as
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| Opposition and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Leader Andrew Holness addressing Sunday night’s JLP rall y in Gregory Park, St Catherine. |
a public figure.
At the same time Holness, the leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), fired back nine questions at the PNP and Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips, saying that they need to provide answers “for the sake of completeness and transparency”. Here is the full text of Holness’s statement:
My fellow Jamaicans,
Recently the People’s National Party, namely the minister of finance, has politicised my personal affairs.
As a public figure, I have a duty to ensure that my affairs meet legal and ethical standards, recognising as well that we are now in an election campaign, where there is a concerted effort by the PNP to distract from the plans that the Jamaica Labour Party has put forward in our 10-Point Plan for the benefit and prosperity of the people of Jamaica.
I will answer these questions, but first, for the sake of completeness and transparency, we, too, have questions to ask Dr Phillips and the PNP:
1. Dr Phillips, as a parliamentarian earning practically the same salary as the Leader of the Opposition, how did you afford the house you presently live in, which is valued at multiple times your salary?
2. Were you a part of the Cabinet of Jamaica which created FINSAC, and which took away the property of many hard-working Jamaicans and decimated the entrepreneurial class?
3. If the answer to question 2 is yes, did you acquire any of the properties taken over by FINSAC, or benefit in anyway whatsoever.
4. Did members of the Cabinet that created FINSAC acquire properties taken over by FINSAC. more
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