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Portia says PNP will not cooperate with the JLP
The Opposition leader Portia Simpson Miller has warned that the People's National Party (PNP) will not be cooperating with the governing Jamaica Labour Party because of an offensive comment made by Prime Minister Bruce Golding in Parliament yesterday.
Mr. Golding questioned whether the current Opposition members are capable of demonstrating the perceived integrity their colleagues displayed between 1992 and 1995.
The Prime Minister was making reference to the stance of the then PNP government which refused to extradite anyone to the United States after the receiving state breached the treaty by trying Richard 'Storyteller' Morrison on charges for which he was never extradited to face.
However, Mrs. Simpson Miller, a member of that Cabinet during the period to which Mr. Golding referred, said the prime minister's statement was regrettable.
Despite her insistence, Golding was unmoved, and Speaker of the House Delroy Chuck said Golding was within his right.
Mrs. Simpson Miller said Mr. Golding's statement was very unfortunate, coming from the leader of a country.
She said the prime minister was insinuating that the Opposition had no moral authority and it therefore has no moral authority to cooperate with the Government on any issue.
Mr. Golding questioned whether the current Opposition members are capable of demonstrating the perceived integrity their colleagues displayed between 1992 and 1995.
The Prime Minister was making reference to the stance of the then PNP government which refused to extradite anyone to the United States after the receiving state breached the treaty by trying Richard 'Storyteller' Morrison on charges for which he was never extradited to face.
However, Mrs. Simpson Miller, a member of that Cabinet during the period to which Mr. Golding referred, said the prime minister's statement was regrettable.
Despite her insistence, Golding was unmoved, and Speaker of the House Delroy Chuck said Golding was within his right.
Mrs. Simpson Miller said Mr. Golding's statement was very unfortunate, coming from the leader of a country.
She said the prime minister was insinuating that the Opposition had no moral authority and it therefore has no moral authority to cooperate with the Government on any issue.
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