Senator Marlon Morgan has vowed that the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will push back against the People’s National Party’s (PNP) falsehoods, envy, and deceit by leading the country into a brighter, safer, and more prosperous future through well-thought-out policies, legislation, and appropriate provision of resources.

Morgan, a member of the JLP Communication Task Force, claimed the PNP is exploiting cynicism and the ignorance of some of its supporters to undermine the progress being made by the government in improving the quality of life of the Jamaican people.

“While the PNP will try, the JLP will not stand idly by and allow them to distract the Jamaican people from the undeniable and incontrovertible achievements of the government in service to you, the people of Jamaica,” Morgan said.

In response to the PNP’s peaceful protest at the National Heroes Circle on Monday against the appointment of Dennis Chung as chief technical director of the Financial Investigations Division (FID), Margon said the PNP’s days of fomenting division and instability through unwarranted protests are over.

“The government is delivering for the people of Jamaica and will continue to do so, whether in easing their cost-of-living burden, creating jobs, increasing support to the most vulnerable among us, reducing crime, reducing poverty, increasing the minimum wage, and improving the overall delivery of public services,” he said.

The senator outlined that the PNP’s call on the government to ask Chung to resign from his newly appointed post at the FID is wrong. “It would be highly improper and irregular for the government to interfere or otherwise unduly insert itself into a process that is the sole prerogative of the Public Service Commission,” Morgan said.

He stated that the PNP is publicly indicating how they would operate should they form government by breaching established policies and procedures.

“Their administration would be amenable to breach long-standing and well-established systems and procedures governing the appointment of senior executives in the government’s service. There is no proper, sound, or lawful ground or basis on which the Public Service Commission’s appointment of Mr Dennis Chung is to be rescinded,” Morgan said.

He further contended that the Jamaica Labour Party is pushing back against the PNP and its destructive tendencies in the most strident, assertive, and vociferous manner.

“While the PNP misleads its supporters, the Jamaica Labour Party is committed to accurately informing and empowering our supporters. We encourage them to read widely, research things for themselves, and utilise the tools and technology we all have at our fingertips to empower themselves.

“The PNP claims to be standing up for good governance when they are the architects and proponents of bad governance. They claim to be rescuing Jamaica from corruption when, in fact, they are the architects and masters of corruption in this country. In fact, many regard the PNP as the most corrupt political party in the Caribbean,” Morgan added.