Almost seven out of every ten Jamaicans say Prime Minister Andrew Holness is the person they’re most confident in to manage the issues of crime and corruption bedeviling the country.
While approximately 3 out of every ten Jamaicans have expressed confidence in Opposition Leader, Dr Peter Phillips’ ability to manage the two major problems that have plagued Jamaica for years.
That’s according to the latest Nationwide Bluedot polls.
The Peter Phillips-led opposition has been hammering the Holness administration on the issues of crime and corruption. Charging that the JLP government has failed to manage crime and that corruption has ballooned over the last 4 and a half years under the watch of Prime Minister Holness.
But according to the Nationwide Bluedot polls Jamaicans are not accepting the PNP message. Instead, they have rejected by a big majority the PNP argument.
The respondents were asked “who are you most confident in to manage crime?”
69 per cent of those polled said Prime Minister Andrew Holness. That’s more than two times as many of those who said the Opposition Leader.
Only 31- per cent chose Dr. Peter Phillips.
On the issue of corruption, respondents were asked a similar question, “who are you most confident in to manage corruption?”
In response, 68 per cent of those said they were more confident in Mr. Holness’ ability to manage the scourge of corruption.
While only 32 per cent expressed confidence in Dr Peter Phillips as the man to tackle the corruption problem.
The Bluedot poll was conducted between July 20 and August 6 among 12-hundred Jamaicans across all 63 constituencies in the country.
They are all registered to vote in the upcoming general elections. The poll has a margin of error of 2-point-7-5-percent.
