Prime Minister Andrew Holness has labelled members of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) as hypocrites, for not voting to extend a state of public emergency (SOE) in several parishes, claiming that it infringes on the right of Jamaicans.
Holness, his face cloaked in anger, expressed his disappointment in a speech on Sunday at the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) headquarters on Belmont Road in St Andrew.
The Prime Minister emphasized that of the over 300 people who were detained under the SOE which was declared two weeks ago, 250 were released after processing, while the estimated 50 who remained in custody were held because they are believed to have strong connections to the criminal underworld.
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