PNP vows to continue fighting Dennis Chung's FID appointment

President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Mark Golding, has vowed that the opposition will continue to apply pressure until Dennis Chung's appointment as Chief Technical Director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID) is reversed.

Golding was speaking on Wednesday to a large crowd of orange-clad supporters at Old Harbour Square during the PNP’s second protest action in recent weeks.

He slammed the Andrew Holness-led administration, accusing it of repeatedly breaching the principles required to govern Jamaica.

“The most recent is the attempt to subvert the true process of the Financial Investigations Division and its true purpose by appointing to head it as the chief technical director somebody who is not qualified for the position because he has no law enforcement experience, no experience in investigating financial crimes which is the very heart of the purpose of that agency,” Golding declared.

He also asserted that Chung was not suited to head the FID based on his public comments on the Integrity Commission's probe of the prime minister's finances, which the FID has been asked to continue investigating.

“Chung [has] compromised himself by showing clear and manifest bias in the most important investigation that the FID is asked to deliver on, which is the investigation of allegations of illicit enrichment and corruption by the prime minister of Jamaica,” Golding charged.

“This is why we have to take a strong stance against it and we are very glad that we are not alone in this stance and that well-thinking Jamaicans and organisations, including non-political bodies, have seen it fit to stand up and shout out against this absolute aberration in the governance of the country,” he added.

Golding emphasised that the issue has national importance, stating, “this matters, because the country needs all the resources that can be mustered to make life better for the people of Jamaica.”

Other speakers at the event included Opposition Spokesman on National Security Peter Bunting, PNP General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell, Opposition Spokesman on Finance Julian Robinson, and Councillor for the Old Harbour Division Dr Kurt Waul, who will contest the St Catherine South Western constituency in the upcoming elections.

- Ruddy Mathison

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