Opposition rejects Govt’s attempt to blame bureaucracy for dormant disaster funds
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Opposition is calling on the Government to immediately publish a transparent expenditure plan for all outstanding disaster relief funds following a report from the auditor general indicating only 1.8 per cent of Hurricane Melissa relief funds had been spent up to February 2026.
In a statement on Thursday, Senator Cleveland Tomlinson, opposition deputy spokesperson on Productivity, Efficiency and Competitiveness, called out what he described as the Government’s attempt to hide a clear governance failure behind the convenient excuse of bureaucracy.
Tomlinson highlighted that 88 per cent of $1.44 billion in Hurricane Melissa donations remain uncommitted, with victims still waiting for relief four months after the storm.
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