JLP tackles Government over oil deal
By Devon Evans
Jamaica
Gleaner
Ocho Rios, St Ann
Petroleumworld.com
09 24 06
The
Jamaica Labour Party is threatening to take the
Government to task in Parliament over its handling
of an oil exploration deal signed recently with
two foreign-based companies.
According to JLP leader, Bruce Golding,
neither the Opposition nor the people of Jamaica
are aware of the terms and conditions of the agreement,
which he said needed full parliamentary scrutiny.
It
is understood, said Mr Golding, that the Govern-ment
had entered into an arrangement with an Australian
and a Canadian oil exploration company to search
for oil off the coast of Jamaica, based on a recent
assessment, which has heightened prospects of the
country's oil reserves.
Treating it personal
Mr. Golding charged that the Government
was treating the matter as if it were their own
personal business and that he had asked the party's
spokespersons on finance and energy, Audley Shaw
and Clive Mullings respectively, to raise the matter
in Parliament at its next sitting.
Mr. Golding was guest speaker at the 55th Annual
Banquet of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association
held at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Resort, in Ocho
Rios, St. Ann, on September 16.
Jamaica
Gleaner
September 22, 2006
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