Dear Editor,

When Andrew Holness as Leader of the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) was aspiring to become the leader of Jamaica did he not expect that there would be certain questions that he would have to answer?

I do not understand why the threats of lawsuit are being brought about by Mr Holness when in truth and in fact it is based on his actions why there are speculations and innuendos surrounding his finances.

Mr Holness could have avoided all this drama long before the elections were called, especially when the then Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller did not call the elections is 2015 but in 2016.

Mr Holness got on many platforms and claimed that he would be transparent, open and honest. So why is it to this day he cannot produce his financial records to the people of Jamaica?

Of course it appears something is wrong, as common sense dictates that all he has do is provide those records, and show that everything is above board, which will then allow him to at least pretend that he can get along with the countries business and lay this saga to rest once and for all.

The threats of lawsuits and claims of slander are a result of his actions and his actions only, because until he produces those records, those who have the ability to think will be asking the relevant questions.

It is sad that the fear of lawsuits now render many of our journalists and media houses mute. Are we now living in a Jamaica where democracy no longer exists? A Jamaica where the fear of legal action means that those who take the oath of truth-seekers will now remain silent?

Jamaicans, in all honesty, should be very afraid, as it seems as if the island is becoming, under the JLP, the North Korea of the Caribbean, in that many are afraid to stand for truth and justice.

Would it not make more sense for the leader of the country, instead of wasting money on lawyers and lawsuits, just simply prove to the people, the same citizens he claims to care about, that he is different? Why the cloak-and-dagger drama?

It is blatant hypocrisy to get on a platform and tell people to pay their taxes, when your finances are in question.

It is blatant hypocrisy to get on a platform and say you are different, yet fail to lead by example.

It is blatant hypocrisy to campaign on the theme: From Poverty to Prosperity, yet fail to tell the people how you became prosperous.

If the hypocrisy was about Portia Simpson Miller, I have no doubt that Mr Holness would be on a pulpit screaming for her head on a platter, and that his minions would be shouting from the roofs and tree tops that she needed to show her financial records.

Welcome to politics in Jamaica where what is good for the goose is not necessarily so for the gander.

Michelle Bradshaw