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The People's National Party (PNP) is calling on the Prime Minister to sack Minister of Finance Audley Shaw.
A statement from the Party on Sunday night said it viewed with alarm the fact that 72 hours after the tax package was presented in Gordon House the Prime Minister is now calling for it to be reviewed.
The PNP says this is a worrisome development and a clear sign that it is time for the Minister of Finance to go.
It added that with this being the third time that the Budget is being reviewed since it was presented by Mr. Shaw in April the Prime Minister should apply the three strikes out principle.
The Party says the dismissal of Mr. Shaw as Finance Minister is the only way the Golding administration can salvage its waning credibility.
And, the PNP is also calling for an emergency meeting of Parliament to be held Tuesday.
Party President Portia Simpson-Miller is demanding that the House end its Christmas break to facilitate a special sitting for the Government to officially withdraw the tax measures tabled last Thursday.
Speaking with RJR News on Sunday night following a special meeting of the PNP's Council of Spokespersons, Mrs. Simpson-Miller said she was not moved by the Prime Minister's announcement of a review of the taxes.
As a result, she says instructions which were issued Sunday for a plan of action remain in place.
"Well we aren't going to pull our programme until we are absolutely sure. We have received several failed promises from the government and we are taking no chances in terms of the interest of the Jamaican people because it is sad. We have no information to what is involved with government discussion with the IMF," Mrs. Simpson Miller said.
And the PNP's youth arm, the PNPYO, will kick off its protest in a few hours.
A march is scheduled to begin at 9 o'clock at the Party's Old Hope Road headquarters.
It will end at Jamaica House.
Up to late Monday night members of the PNPYO were finalising the route for the march.
President Damion Crawford says the group will proceed with its protest plans until the Government withdraws the new tax measures.
"They have to decide with immediate effect retract on taxing basic food items and on taxing gas any further and until the burden is shared sufficiently. Those banks are making multi-billion dollar profits on bonds that are making billions of dollars and dividends that are not taxed at all. There is no way that he can tax further the people who are day to day contributors to this country," Mr. Crawford said.
The People's National Party (PNP) is calling on the Prime Minister to sack Minister of Finance Audley Shaw.
A statement from the Party on Sunday night said it viewed with alarm the fact that 72 hours after the tax package was presented in Gordon House the Prime Minister is now calling for it to be reviewed.
The PNP says this is a worrisome development and a clear sign that it is time for the Minister of Finance to go.
It added that with this being the third time that the Budget is being reviewed since it was presented by Mr. Shaw in April the Prime Minister should apply the three strikes out principle.
The Party says the dismissal of Mr. Shaw as Finance Minister is the only way the Golding administration can salvage its waning credibility.
And, the PNP is also calling for an emergency meeting of Parliament to be held Tuesday.
Party President Portia Simpson-Miller is demanding that the House end its Christmas break to facilitate a special sitting for the Government to officially withdraw the tax measures tabled last Thursday.
Speaking with RJR News on Sunday night following a special meeting of the PNP's Council of Spokespersons, Mrs. Simpson-Miller said she was not moved by the Prime Minister's announcement of a review of the taxes.
As a result, she says instructions which were issued Sunday for a plan of action remain in place.
"Well we aren't going to pull our programme until we are absolutely sure. We have received several failed promises from the government and we are taking no chances in terms of the interest of the Jamaican people because it is sad. We have no information to what is involved with government discussion with the IMF," Mrs. Simpson Miller said.
And the PNP's youth arm, the PNPYO, will kick off its protest in a few hours.
A march is scheduled to begin at 9 o'clock at the Party's Old Hope Road headquarters.
It will end at Jamaica House.
Up to late Monday night members of the PNPYO were finalising the route for the march.
President Damion Crawford says the group will proceed with its protest plans until the Government withdraws the new tax measures.
"They have to decide with immediate effect retract on taxing basic food items and on taxing gas any further and until the burden is shared sufficiently. Those banks are making multi-billion dollar profits on bonds that are making billions of dollars and dividends that are not taxed at all. There is no way that he can tax further the people who are day to day contributors to this country," Mr. Crawford said.