KINGSTON , Jamaica —Generation 2000 (G2K), the Young Professional Affiliate of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is describing as “vulgar and a new low” utterances from Oppostion Leader Mark Golding that the People’s National Party (PNP) will be facilitating legal action against the government due to the destruction of 10 unfinished structures on state-owned lands in St Catherine.

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On Sunday, Golding stated that chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of the PNP, attorney Isat Buchanan, will be assisting in legal representation on behalf of those affected.

“Our councillors will come together to assist the residents with a contribution of funding toward their legal fees to seek full compensation,” Golding said.

Golding added that the party’s Women’s Movement will also be sourcing counselling sessions for the residents, who he described as “traumatised by this callous and wanton act by the government against vulnerable citizens.”

In a release on Monday, G2K stated that the 10 structures removed from the property were not occupied by any individual and that “construction was significantly incomplete”.

“The wrongful owners were given several months’ notice to remove the illegal structures from the properties in question. In the context of the evidence that has surfaced, Generation 2000 finds as vulgar, unprincipled and disappointing, words by the PNP President that the PNP will be seeking to punish the Government for taking a stand in the interest of law and order.”

According to the G2K, the PNP must decide and communicate to the Jamaican people whether “they support corruption, anarchy and processes which facilitate ill-gotten gains.”

G2K says it supports Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the government, who are seeking to have as many people in the area access appropriate housing.

Last week, Holness stated that the lands, which are in the Greater Bernard Lodge Development Area, have been designated for agricultural purposes.

Holness also noted that SCJ Holdings Limited, which owns the lands, has given warnings and served notices to individuals to cease and desist from the structures, but the capturing and illegal construction has continued to the point where some 30 structures have been identified