PNP demands probe into JLP councillor’s allegations against party colleague MP
Published:Thursday | March 26, 2026 | 12:10 AMKimone Francis/Senior Staff Reporter
The opposition People’s National Party (PNP) says it has written formal complaints to Jamaica’s main anti-corruption bodies following leaked voice notes highlighting allegations against Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston Central Donovan Williams.
In a news release to the media yesterday, the PNP said the complaints were lodged with the Integrity Commission, the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA), and the Auditor General’s Department.
The party said it requested an “immediate and full investigation into [the] alarming allegations”.
The PNP said the complaints were submitted following the circulation of detailed voice notes, which it said outline a disturbing pattern of conduct that strikes at the very foundation of public trust and democratic governance.
“These allegations ... demand nothing less than the full weight of the law,” the party said.
“... It is only right to place these matters before the relevant authorities and expect a swift, thorough, and transparent investigation.
“The Opposition has urged the relevant agencies to act with urgency, preserve all evidence, and provide public accountability for what it describes as one of the most serious sets of allegations brought against a sitting parliamentarian in recent history,” the PNP said.
On Tuesday, the law firm representing Williams issued a cease-and-desist letter on councillor for the Rae Town Division Rosalie Hamilton, who is heard on the now viral voice notes making the allegations.
The two are representatives of the governing Jamaica Labour Party.
The dispute between them reportedly stems from an attempt to replace Hamilton as the councillor for the Rae Town Division, a position she has held for a combined 19 years.
Hamilton reportedly sent the series of explosive voice notes to a JLP-affiliated WhatsApp group, threatening to release information that she said could disgrace Williams, a second-term MP, and end his political career.
However, Williams, through his attorney Rodain Chambers, issued the cease-and-desist letter to the councillor, calling her statements “wholly untrue, defamatory, and malicious”.
The MP’s legal team gave Hamilton 48 hours to retract the statements and issue a public apology on TikTok and WhatsApp, remove all offending content from social media, and cease making further defamatory remarks.
However, Hamilton dared Williams to proceed with legal action, indicating that while the voice notes came from her, she did not release them to the wider public.