Theologian Peter Espeut noted that while corruption is a growing problem in Jamaica, voters are in a predicament because persons from the two dominant political parties have done “evil”.
“I mean, the latest interim commission report says two new parliamentarians are being investigated for illicit enrichment, one senator, seven heads of government entities, seven councillors, one permanent secretary, and 36 other public officials, but no names are called. So this is even worse now. It means that when I go to vote, I have to mark my X against somebody’s name who very well might be one of those people that is under investigation for illicit enrichment. I would love a political party to say, ‘If you vote for me, I will remove the gag clause so that we will know who is being investigated so that you can decide whether you want to support decent people or not.’ But no party is saying that, and therefore Christians must be in somewhat of a bind. Neither party is really coming out against corruption,” he noted during a virtual forum staged by the Association of Christian Communicators and Media (ACCM) on July 27.