Executive director of Jamaicans for Justice, Mickel Jackson, says the meeting to be convened between House Speaker, Juliet Holness, and the leaders of Government and Opposition Business is long overdue.
She was speaking on Nationwide at Five on Friday.
The Speaker requested the meeting following a brawl in the parliament last week Tuesday.
Jackson says she expects to see actions taken against the offending parliamentarians.
Mickel Jackson, executive director of Jamaicans for Justice, Mickel Jackson.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Business, Phillip Paulwell has accepted the Speaker’s invitation, but says he’s disappointed by the tone of the letter.
He says if a similar tone carries into the meeting, the issues that have brought parliament to its present state will not be resolved.
Paulwell says he hopes the meeting will be a frank and constructive dialogue among equals, not an occasion for admonishment.
He added that given the seriousness of the matter, it may ultimately be necessary to involve the prime minister, the leader of opposition, and an independent mediator, or a wider group of stakeholders to reach a lasting solution.
In the meantime, Retired Archbishop of Jamaica, Howard Gregory, agrees that the prime minister and the opposition leader should be included in the discussions.
Howard Gregory, Retired Archbishop of Jamaica.
