Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says some advocates calling for additional oversight of the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) are driven by political interests, and receive funding for their activities.

“There are also a set of Jamaicans who don't want to see NaRRA succeed. It's not in their political interest for NaRRA to succeed and we must call them out," he said at a post-Cabinet news conference on Wednesday. "They hide under all kinds of names, claim to be parts of civil society when they're not. They are political activists, and we must call them by the name and I stand here frankly and say that."

He defended the controversial NaRRA legislation, saying existing laws and institutions already provide the necessary safeguards to monitor the authority’s operations.