President Golding and the four vice-presidential candidates Norman Scott, Richard Azan, Ian Hayles, and Eugene Kelley were uncontested and duly elected.
It is the party's first virtual conference in its 83-year history and officials described the first day's activities as “smooth”. Delegates were invited to join via Zoom in keeping with COVID-19 protocols. The PNP kicked off its 83rd conference at the Creative Production and Training Centre (CPTC) studio.
Golding indicated that he remains open to participating in the national interest and reiterated that his party strongly supports vaccination and encourages any citizen, who is able, to get inoculated. The Opposition Leader said that his participation in vaccination blitzes has been limited to the blitz he arranged in his own constituency and that of neighbouring MP of St Andrew South Western, Dr Angela Brown Burke. The PM has effectively rolled out this campaign with a national road programme as a JLP campaign, and I and the other Opposition MPs have been excluded from that process,” Golding said in a statement issued by the party's secretariat. “The PM wrote to me on the 1st of September saying that he wanted me to be a part of a national vaccination effort and that his office would provide further details however, those details have not been provided. I have been calling for the council to meet, but those calls have gone unanswered. In responding to the social media post by Holness, Golding said, “I have been calling for the Disaster Risk Management Council to be used as a vehicle for making the major decisions related to the country's management of the COVID-19 crisis. Henry recently told AP that he expects to hold presidential and legislative elections next year.People's National Party (PNP) President Mark Golding has rejected assertions by Prime Minister Andrew Holness that he was included in talks associated with the national vaccination programme.Īddressing the private session of the PNP's 83rd Annual Conference yesterday, Golding said that he has been excluded from the national vaccination programme, contrary to the claim by Holness that he had not been. The presidential killing shocked the nation of more than 11 million people and has deepened the country’s political instability, with protesters on Thursday calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry as they decried a spike in crime and demanded better living conditions. He left after one of his assistants died in unclear circumstances.Ĭourt clerks who were helping investigate the killing also have gone into hiding after receiving death threats if they didn’t change certain names and statements in their reports. The first judge assigned to oversee the investigation stepped down in August citing personal reasons. The investigation into the killing has faced multiple obstacles and led to the dismissal of a justice minister and the chief prosecutor for the capital of Port-au-Prince. Moïse was fatally shot at his private home in a pre-dawn attack in which his wife, Martine Moïse, was wounded. Police say they also are looking for other people accused of involvement in the killing, including a former Haitian senator and Joseph Badio, who once worked for Haiti’s Ministry of Justice and at the government’s anti-corruption unit until he was fired in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules. Haitian authorities have said the mastermind behind the killing and the person or persons who financed it are still at large. Colombian authorities have said the majority of soldiers did not know the true nature of the operation.
More than 40 suspects have been arrested so far in the presidential slaying, including 18 former Colombian soldiers and several Haitian police officers. According to JamCham, it will be Holness’ first visit to the Georgia capital city as prime minister. She said police would release more information soon. Original article published by Jamaica Observer Prime Minister Andrew Holness will be in Atlanta, Georgia, to headline the inaugural Jamaican Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta (JamCham) Awards Banquet, on Saturday, April 20. Officials were still making calls to different embassies and ministers of foreign affairs to confirm details, Superintendent Stephanie Lindsay said. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A police superintendent in Jamaica told The Associated Press on Thursday that authorities have arrested a Colombian man they believe is a suspect in the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.