Is the JLP green?

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Is the JLP green?

November 22, 2006, 10:07 AM

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Peter Espeut

I don't know why the JLP bothers to appoint a spokesman on the environment; he never speaks!

Like many Jamaicans, I listened carefully to Bruce Golding's speech at the National Arena last Sunday. I was interested (as I was when I listened to the Most Hon. Prime Minister's speech a few weeks ago) to see what he would say about Jamaica's embattled natural environment, under threat from all directions. And, like the Most Hon. Prime Minister's speech a few weeks ago, Mr. Golding said nothing about conserving the natural environment.

It's amazing! Despite their many disagreements, the People's National Party (PNP) and Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) agree on a small set of issues, and one of them is that conservation of the natural environment is not important enough to mention in a major policy speech. (Another issue they ignore is how to disarm the garrisons; the two party leaders represent major garrison consti-tuencies in the country.)

In fact, both leaders mentioned environmental matters, but on the wrong side. The Prime Minister stated that no one was going to stop the conversion of our coastline into <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061122/cleisure/cleisure4.html#" target=_new><FONT style="FONT-WEIGHT: 40

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