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I remain very proud to say that in our last term in office, the JLP Government presented Jamaica
with an impressive list of changes that made a real difference in people’s lives:
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We passed the Charter of Rights, finally entrenching basic rights to be guaranteed to all Jamaicans
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We started a process of transforming the governance climate by having key Parlimentary Committees such as Public Administration
and Appropriations Committee, chaired by members of the Opposition
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We established INDECOM, which today is reaping the reward of lower extrajudicial killings across the island
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We instituted ways to ensure a fairer distribution of resources to the community level, regardless of which party is in Government,
via the Constituency Development Fund (CDF)
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We restored the confidence of international lenders and investors; we had held the dollar stable for 2 years at around JA$86 to US$1;
brought interest rates down to 6.25%, their lowest level in decades; held approximately US$2B in the NIR; cut interest rates to single
digits - and even mortgage rates were brought down to less than 10%.
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And yet, these business-friendly measures did not detract from our ability to care for the vulnerable: at the same time, we doubled
benefits under PATHE; brought 100,000 more people into the social safety net; and improved the water supply to over 88,000 rural
residents
In 2016, we are coming back to finish the job we started in 2007. We are coming back to restore law and order. We are coming back to pull
the shell-shocked urban areas back to life. We are coming back to bring Government processes into the 21st century.
I know you will have even more thoughts about how we can make things better after you have read our plans and vision. I would be
delighted if you would take the next step and share those thoughts in conversation with your colleagues and friends, and put your votes
behind the plans you feel represent the best hope for all of our futures.
The JLP is united, strong and ready to give Jamaica good government and a real chance for progress. The decision is yours: continue
with things stagnant as they are, or grasp the opportunity to join with us in a Partnership for Prosperity and change things for the better.
Please, choose prosperity.
In faith,
Andrew Holness
Party Leader