University Student: IC Report into PM’s Finances May Affect Trust

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, delivers the main address during the contract signing and ground-breaking ceremony for the Spicy Grove Infrastructure Works Project in Oracabessa, St. Mary, on Wednesday September 25.

Student of Integrated Marketing and Communication at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Calicia Vassell, agrees that the Integrity Commission’s special report into the prime minister’s finances may damage his trust rating.

She was also weighing in on the Nationwide/Bluedot polls on Nationwide at Five on Thursday.

The Nationwide/Bluedot polls shows that 46 per cent of respondents say they trust the prime minister, compared to the 43 per cent who say they trust his government. As against 43 per cent who says the distrust the prime minister.

People’s National Party supporters account for majority who have a negative sentiment about the Mr. Holness.

Seventy-two per cent of comrades said they distrust Mr. Holness. Only 20 per cent of them trust him and 9 per cent say they’re unsure.

The opposition People’s National Party, PNP, has been hammering the prime minister on his uncertified statutory declaration to the Integrity Commission over the last few years. It’s been a pillar of their campaign messaging as the country edges closer to the general elections.

But Computer Science student of the University of Technology, Sherissa Pinnock, says the poll data indicates that the PNP’s message that the Jamaicans cannot trust the Prime Minister has not resonated with voters.

But she also believes prime minister’s trust deficit may increase following the IC’s special report into his financial dealings.

Sherissa Pinnock, Computer Science at the University of Technology. She was also speaking on Nationwide at Five on Thursday.