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The People's Nationnal Party [PNP] has rejected a statement by Prime Minister Andrew Holness blaming the PNP for the country's high rate of violence.
In a speech in Mandeville Manchester on Sunday night Mr Holness blamed the Opposition for the perceived breakdown in respect between civiilians and the police, claiming this is the result of the introduction of "PNPism" into the Jamaican culture.
Responding to the Prime Minister's statement, PNP President declared on Monday that any blame for the last eight years of failure lies squarely with the government led by Mr Holness, which has been in power for two consecutive terms.
Mr Golding scoffed at the comment, describing it as desperate, "becoming unhinged in his pathetic attempt to shift blame for his own government's poor performance."
"When a government starts to blame the opposition for its failures, you know that 'time come'," he added, using the PNP's current campaign slogan.
Opposition Spokesman on National Security Peter Bunting also claimed the Prime Minister was seeking to shift blame for what he termed a poor performance, having been in office "for the last nine years."
Furthermore, he said, Mr Holness's Jamaica Labour Party has been in government for 14 of the last 18 years, during which "he has been either a cabinet minister of Prime Minister."
It was therefore "pathetic," he charged, for the Prime Minister to be "trying to shift blame on anyone else for your government's poor performance and your government's unpopularity ."
He said the Prime Minister's statement is an indication of public pressure being faced by the government, and advised him to "really look within himself, and within his party, to come up with the reasons for their failures."
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