Jamaica PM under pressure to resign over integrity probe
Jamaica’s main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Andrew Holness in the wake of an integrity commission report that has cast doubts about his finances and whether he has enriched himself since becoming head of government more than six years ago. The report, compiled after two years of investigations, details his finances in recent years made it to the 63-member parliament this week but Holness, facing general elections next year, says the report has cleared him of any wrongdoing and of any allegations of illegal enrichment as a result of being head of government. “After this most thorough interrogation of my personal affairs, which is not in any way connected to public funds, or a benefit resulting from my office, they were unable to come to a conclusion regarding illicit enrichment,” he argued but the PNP which says it is leading in opinion polls, says it begs to differ. Opposition leader and attorney Mark Golding argues that q...