KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government Senator Marlon Morgan has described as a “zero-sum game” and “a scorched earth strategy”, the approach of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) to the establishment of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA).

Morgan levelled the accusation on Friday as the Senate debated and passed the NaRRA Bill that will allow for the setting up of the authority that is tasked with rebuilding large swathes of the country following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa last October.

“It is increasingly apparent that theirs is the view that for the Opposition PNP’s political fortunes to improve, positive, game-changing and people-uplifting things must not happen in Jamaica.