Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he will take legislation to Parliament shortly to ensure that holders of four major political offices in the island declare their personal assets on a yearly basis and make them public.
Speaking to journalists at Jamaica House Friday afternoon on his recently declared assets, Holness said that his proposal would require the prime minister, the minister of finance, as well as the leader of the Opposition and the Opposition’s spokesperson on finance to declare their assets and make them public, annually.
He said that the experience of dealing with the questions about his personal assets had raised the bar about the importance of public reassurance regarding the integrity of political leaders and the importance of declaring their assets on time.
Like Jamaica, I would like the the same idea in Dominica we want to know how and where the opposition party is getting every cent from and how much,The opposition books must be edited every six months I know one or two who is not doing a days work and the tax payer is keeping them it is not right.
GarCon what work the DLP doing. Our quality of life is very low, we have high migration, we have 1.5 billion debt with nothing to show for it, what has the pm done other than enrich himself.
You need to reach out to your colleague,the PM of Dominica,and school him on the importance of transparency and integrity in public office.Good job Sir
love this,we can only dream of such a thing happening here….well done Jamaica at least one island is joining the 21st century.
Mr. Skerrit please pay attention of how grown, honest and decent men behave. Why don’t you want to declare your assets. What do you have to hide. Instead you went to parliament and dismantle the IPO law. What a shame and national disgrace. Only time will tell.
Good idea. But did Edison and other leaders of the UWP declare their assets? The present leader of the opposition can release his assets if he so chooses, he doesn’t need a law to allow him to do that. So lead by example.
Step in right direction to transparency. It shoyld be extended to every minister and thier wives.
We Dominicans hate integrity and love corruption ……………
Commendable! Full transparency is the path to earning full trust.