Politics
Holness: State should contribute to campaign financing
Jamaica Prime Minister., Andrew Holness
Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness says that while he is in favor of disclosure, limits and transparency in campaign and party financing, the flip side is that the State should contribute to funding of the process.
The public, he said, ought to be aware that the long-standing issues of transparency in campaign and party financing cannot be merely solved with disclosure, but the State must provide some of the needed resources.
He said while he supports most of what is proposed in the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) campaign and party financing reform proposals, once Jamaica goes the route of disclosure the argument will be placed on the table that financing and cost of campaigns will become unbearable for parties to afford.