PNP says Shane Dalling must go     

The People’s National Party  calls for the immediate resignation of Mr. Shane Dalling as Chief Executive Officer of the Firearm Licensing Authority, following the tabling of Integrity Commission Report 37/2026, which exposed systemic corruption, falsified government records and a catastrophic failure of accountability under his leadership.

The Commission found that under Mr. Dalling’s watch, ammunition belonging to private citizens went missing from the FLA’s own vault, a deceased man’s identity was used to fabricate sales records in a licensed dealer’s name, and critical electronic evidence was permanently destroyed with no backup in place. 

“This is not mismanagement. This is a fundamental breakdown of law, order and public trust at the very agency responsible for regulating deadly weapons in Jamaica,” said MP Fitz Jackson, Opposition Spokesperson on National Security. “No CEO who presides over falsified records, missing ammunition and conveniently destroyed evidence should remain in post for another day.”

The PNP calls on the Minister of National Security to act decisively and notes that whilst Dr. Horace Chang, has indicated that the FLA is tightening its firearm and ammunition storage and operational procedures, this response is wholly insufficient. Procedural tightening cannot substitute for full accountability and any attempt to preserve and maintain the incumbent CEO will convey the Minister and Government’s complicity with the confirmed disastrous failures and lack of accountability prevailing at the FLA.

The PNP therefore demands a comprehensive, fully independent investigation into all matters identified in the Integrity Commission report, with findings made public.

These failures strike at the heart of public confidence, not only in the FLA but in the government’s ability to govern critical security institutions responsibly. The people cannot be asked to trust an institution whose leadership the Integrity Commission itself has found wanting. Public trust and confidence cannot be sacrificed for loyalty to any individual.                                                                     

Mr. Dalling must resign. And the truth must come out in full.