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ALICIA DUNKLEY, Observer staff reporter dunkleya@jamaicaobserver.com
Monday, September 17, 2007
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding is expected to today hold discussions with a high level team regarding the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate corruption.
The group will "examine, prepare and give the appropriate instructions for the legislative programme" to be taken to Parliament, Golding said.
Speaking at the Chinese Benevolent Society on Old Hope Road in Kingston at the first area council meeting under a Jamaica Labour Party-led government in 18years, Golding outlined his intentions to party supporters.
"I hope there is nobody who calls me leader who believes that because we are in power now then they are going to be able to let loose on the kind of plundering that went on the past. It is not going to happen," he said to loud cheers.
The prime minister said there would be no discrimination as to who would be caught within that net.
"When that special prosecutor turns up at anybody's door with a pair of handcuffs because they have evidence that you are involved in corruption, don't take out no green shirt and show him and tell him yuh a labourite, don't call me to help you out," Golding said.
"Either we are going to have a clean country, either we are going to build a country of honesty and integrity or let me know from now so that I resign the work tomorrow. I can't lead in any other way, shape or form," he said.
Golding told the Observer that he had been in discussion with newly appointed Attorney General Senator Dorothy Lightbourne as to how the office would be set up.
"He will have to operate under the direction of the DPP, the configuration is something I am already discussing with the new Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne and we are going to be having discussions with the Solicitor General to see how it will be engrafted," Golding said.
Monday, September 17, 2007
PRIME Minister Bruce Golding is expected to today hold discussions with a high level team regarding the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate corruption.
The group will "examine, prepare and give the appropriate instructions for the legislative programme" to be taken to Parliament, Golding said.
Speaking at the Chinese Benevolent Society on Old Hope Road in Kingston at the first area council meeting under a Jamaica Labour Party-led government in 18years, Golding outlined his intentions to party supporters.
"I hope there is nobody who calls me leader who believes that because we are in power now then they are going to be able to let loose on the kind of plundering that went on the past. It is not going to happen," he said to loud cheers.
The prime minister said there would be no discrimination as to who would be caught within that net.
"When that special prosecutor turns up at anybody's door with a pair of handcuffs because they have evidence that you are involved in corruption, don't take out no green shirt and show him and tell him yuh a labourite, don't call me to help you out," Golding said.
"Either we are going to have a clean country, either we are going to build a country of honesty and integrity or let me know from now so that I resign the work tomorrow. I can't lead in any other way, shape or form," he said.
Golding told the Observer that he had been in discussion with newly appointed Attorney General Senator Dorothy Lightbourne as to how the office would be set up.
"He will have to operate under the direction of the DPP, the configuration is something I am already discussing with the new Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne and we are going to be having discussions with the Solicitor General to see how it will be engrafted," Golding said.
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