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CLOSING THE SCRUTINY GAP

May 30, 2026 | News
Public officials in Jamaica do not “instinctively” embrace oversight and monitoring, former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has asserted.  Golding, who served as prime minister between 2007 and 2011, said oversight and monitoring for some officials “is a humbug, an inconvenience [and] an intrusion on the exercise of their functions”.  The assertion, he explained, is based on 50 years of experience working with people across the civil service and statutory agencies.
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