KINGSTON, Jamaica — Government Senator Keith Duncan has pushed back strongly at talk that too much power is being concentrated in the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA), or that it will likely displace existing agencies and established processes in ways that are constitutionally or institutionally problematic.

Duncan declared his full support for the authority that has been established by the Government to take charge of the major reconstruction projects in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa that left an estimated US$12.2 billion in physical damage and economic loss.

He was speaking in the Senate on Friday during the debate on the NaRRA Bill that was eventually passed, paving the way for the coming into being of the authority.