KINGSTON, Jamaica—Opposition Spokesman on Trade, Industry and Global Logistics, Anthony Hylton, says the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Government has become very comfortable celebrating numbers.

“It celebrates fiscal discipline. It celebrates stability. It celebrates the growth of Jamaica’s Net International Reserves. And while those things matter, and while macroeconomic discipline is necessary, the Jamaican people are not living inside spreadsheets,” said Hylton.

He added that, “They are living in communities where food and fuel prices continue to rise, where wages struggle to keep pace with the cost of living, and where opportunities for upward mobility feel increasingly out of reach.”