ECJ distances itself from remarks by former chairman

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) Wednesday sought to distance itself from statements attributed to former chairman, Dr. Herbert Thompson, that there has been an attempt by the Parliament to destroy the EOJ.
The ECJ in a statement said the statements were made in the media and that it “notes and welcomes the fact that Parliament on the 24th September 2013 approved the Report on Campaign Financing and referred the matter to Cabinet for drafting instructions to be issued to the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and then back to Parliament for passage”.
It said that ECJ members were in agreement with the resolution approved by Parliament accepting the recommendations of the Commission “after consideration of the comments and opinions of Members of the House of Representatives and Senate as expressed in debate dated August 2013, which was laid on the Table of the House on the 10th, day of September, 2013”.