National Security Minister, Peter Bunting, has revealed that some of Jamaica’s international partners withdrew support from certain units of the security forces, based on the findings of the report by the Office of the Public Defender, OPD, on the West Kingston incursion in 2010.
Minister Bunting made the disclosure today in Gordon House as he delivered a statement about the reasons behind the sudden retirement of Police Commissioner Owen Ellington.
The pending Commission of Enquiry into the West Kingston operation is one of two reasons cited by Commissioner Ellington for his retirement.
Minister Bunting says the country has paid the consequence for that operation and the subsequent report by the OPD.
Peter Bunting, national security minister.
Apart from the suspension of cooperation, Minister Bunting’s statement provided no new information on the reasons behind the shock decision of the outgoing Police Commissioner.
Reacting, Opposition Spokesman on National Security Derrick Smith, called the Minister’s presentation a waste of time.
Derrick Smith, the Opposition Spokesman on National Security.
In the meantime, Minister Bunting says the country should have a new Police Commissioner by September.
