KINGSTON, Jamaica—Opposition Spokesman on the Environment and Climate Resilience, Omar Newell, says the Beach Access and Management Policy recently tabled in the Parliament by the Government does not go far enough to address the problem of access by Jamaicans, even though it acknowledges that a problem exists.

“Because the policy still approaches beach access as a managed permission rather than a fundamental public right,” said Newell on Wednesday during his contribution to the Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives.

“A beach cannot merely belong to those who can afford a room key or day pass. Our coastline is part of our national inheritance,” said Newell.