Dear Editor,
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness made an announcement December 6, 2015 that he would release his financial and health records and after a month of waiting we finally have a date, March 31.
The first thing that comes to mind is why would it take three months for the leader of the Opposition to prepare the personal financial records for himself and his family? Is it that Holness’s financials are in such a state that it would take a professional audit team three months to assemble the tangled mess? Or is it that Holness is walking down the same path as his predecessor who made similar promises and has yet to release any such statement?
The political climate as it now stands suggests that the March 31 date is to wait out the looming general election, which even though they are constitutionally due in December this year is widely expected to be held in February this year. This would be in a manner similar to the previous Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Bruce Golding and, as a result, I have a few closing questions for Holness:
What is the reason for the delay? Is it an attempt to hoodwink the people until the JLP’s election watch period and the general election have passed?
Is there anything new about Holness, since even in this regard he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors?
Ajaun Bails
ajbails14@gmail.com
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness made an announcement December 6, 2015 that he would release his financial and health records and after a month of waiting we finally have a date, March 31.
The first thing that comes to mind is why would it take three months for the leader of the Opposition to prepare the personal financial records for himself and his family? Is it that Holness’s financials are in such a state that it would take a professional audit team three months to assemble the tangled mess? Or is it that Holness is walking down the same path as his predecessor who made similar promises and has yet to release any such statement?
The political climate as it now stands suggests that the March 31 date is to wait out the looming general election, which even though they are constitutionally due in December this year is widely expected to be held in February this year. This would be in a manner similar to the previous Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) leader Bruce Golding and, as a result, I have a few closing questions for Holness:
What is the reason for the delay? Is it an attempt to hoodwink the people until the JLP’s election watch period and the general election have passed?
Is there anything new about Holness, since even in this regard he follows in the footsteps of his predecessors?
Ajaun Bails
ajbails14@gmail.com