Ill-timed and tone-deaf…Advocacy group criticises PM’s $28.6m salary amid public hardship

Advocacy group Stand Up for Jamaica is taking strong issue with the decision of Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness to accept his $28.6 million salary adjustment, arguing that it is tone-deaf and a bad move as Jamaicans continue to face hardships, especially those still recovering from Hurricane Melissa. Stand Up for Jamaica argued that it is a bad move for the Prime Minister to accept a multimillion-dollar jump in his pay while the Government has imposed new taxes and the minimum wage has moved only marginally.