Rot in the House

The Jamaican Parliament is now displaying the same type of wrongdoing that is prevalent in the society, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Delroy Chuck argued on Thursday.

Chuck made the comment during a commissioning service for justices of the peace (JPs) at Lighthouse Assembly at Garbally Drive in Spanish Town, St Catherine. He pointed to the rowdy behaviour of Members of Parliament (MPs) at end of the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 3 when expletives were used and two members had to be physically separated.

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“My hope over the next few years is to get mediation to reduce the number of cases coming to the courts, and they should mediate before they litigate,” Chuck told the new class of JPs.