Cuthbert-Flynn demands answers from Golding, Swaby amid PNP/KSAMC corruption allegations
St Andrew West Rural Member of Parliament, the Jamaica Labour Party’s Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn is demanding that People’s National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding tell Jamaicans whether he intends to sanction PNP General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell over allegations of corruption surrounding spending on parish council by-elections.
In a release, Cuthbert-Flynn deemed as unacceptable what she said was Golding’s silence on allegations that the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) was used to fund the PNP’s political and electoral activities.
The allegations arose following a purported leaked conversation between Campbell and then PNP caretaker, Lawrence Rowe, in December last year.
“The PNP president must tell Jamaica whether he was aware of this scheme which the Rowe/Campbell conversation appeared to clearly reference. A scheme where monies from the KSAMC were being distributed to PNP operatives, including unelected caretakers,” Cuthbert-Flynn said.
“Mark Golding’s silence on this very seriously matter is unacceptable. He must indicate whether he has demanded answers from his general secretary,” she said.
Cuthbert-Flynn says the PNP’s lack of direct response to questions raised in the public domain about the controversy confirms that the PNP is operating with a high level of arrogance and contempt for the people of Jamaica.
She added that KSAMC Chairman Andrew Swaby also has questions to answer in relation to the controversy.
“Specifically, Mayor Swaby must tell Jamaica whether he is aware of monthly cheque disbursements amounting to millions of dollars which the KSAMC has reportedly been making to a well-known PNP operative in West Rural St Andrew. The mayor must state why are these cheques being disbursed and for what work done and did he authorise the arrangement? If Mayor Swaby cannot within 24 hours provide a credible explanation for the reported arrangement he must step aside,” she said.
Cuthbert-Flynn is also urging the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) to leave no stone unturned as it interrogates issues which have arisen in the controversy.
