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Shaw accuses IMF boss of political interference
By Balford Henry
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 | 9:16 AM
IMF boss Christine Lagarde
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Opposition spokesman on finance and planning, Audley Shaw, has accused managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, of interfering in Jamaica’s internal politics, during her two days visit to the island last week-end.
Shaw said that he was particularly concerned about two comments made by Lagarde at a cocktail reception for the IMF team at Jamaica House on Friday, in which she appeared to be showing support for the People’s National Party government.
Lagarde told guests at a function at Jamaica House on Friday that: Jamaica’s “track record” in rebuilding its economy in the past was "not the best you could think of”; the management of the Jamaican economy by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips, was “astonishing” and reflected “superb work”; and that to be greeted by a woman of the calibre of Prime Minister Simpson Miller was “a rare privilege”.
By Balford Henry
Tuesday, July 01, 2014 | 9:16 AM
IMF boss Christine Lagarde
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Opposition spokesman on finance and planning, Audley Shaw, has accused managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, of interfering in Jamaica’s internal politics, during her two days visit to the island last week-end.
Shaw said that he was particularly concerned about two comments made by Lagarde at a cocktail reception for the IMF team at Jamaica House on Friday, in which she appeared to be showing support for the People’s National Party government.
Lagarde told guests at a function at Jamaica House on Friday that: Jamaica’s “track record” in rebuilding its economy in the past was "not the best you could think of”; the management of the Jamaican economy by Minister of Finance and Planning, Dr Peter Phillips, was “astonishing” and reflected “superb work”; and that to be greeted by a woman of the calibre of Prime Minister Simpson Miller was “a rare privilege”.
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