“Mr PM go and learn the country’s history,” said North West St Ann MP, Dr Dayton Campbell on Twitter.Īnd Central Manchester MP and the PNP’s co-director for its general election campaign, Peter Bunting posted on Twitter: “There is a proverb that says ‘those who drink the water must remember (with thanks) those who dug the well. In response to Brown Burke, Ian Emanuel posted: “And he (Holness) has the audacity to speak of the misadventures of Michael Manley”. Thanks to a Michael Manley government my parents were able to build a little house in Yallahs and make payments through the Ministry of Housing”. That was so good, you trying to copy it”.įor her part, the MP for South West St Andrew, Dr Angela Brown Burke posted that: “Today I’m reflecting on how different my life could have been. ‘Grow what you eat and eat what you grow’. How can NHT be bad for Jamaica? Land to the landless was good. It is the JLP opposition for opposition sake that has hurt Jamaica. He stated: “No PM, the progressive policies of Michael Manley et al, are still benefitting Jamaica. The outspoken Senator, Lambert Brown, responded to Holness on Twitter. Holness pointed to the economic successes of Singapore and South Korea, noting that they were previously worse off than Jamaica but did well because they were not distracted. With all the social problems that needed to be addressed, had we stayed the economic course and ensured that our economy was aligned to the opportunities that were created by the industrial transformations that were taking place, Jamaica would be a better place today,” the prime minster stated. “We had a flirtation with ideologies that were foreign to us and did not serve us well. Manley’s PNP held state power from 1972 to 1980.Īccording to Holness, the post-independence gains made by JLP administrations of the 1960s were wasted by “The misadventure of the PNP which diverted us from the path of economic growth, selling the people of Jamaica false hope and unrealistic dreams”. He stated that the country was still paying for ideological missteps of the Manley administrations of the 1970s. Holness opened the can of worms as he addressed the launch of the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Education Fund scholarships. Prime Minister Andrew Holness is facing a backlash on social media for a speech he made last Thursday in which he was critical of the late, former Prime Minister Michael Manley, who he appeared to blame for Jamaica’s current economic ills.Īmong those hitting Holness hard for his criticism of Manley, are sitting members of parliament and senators of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP).
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