Opposition Leader Bruce Golding (second left) is guided through a massive crowd by his son Steven during yesterday's final leg of the Jamaica Labour Party's five-day islandwide campaign launch on Bourke Road in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. - Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer
Karl Samuda, general secretary of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), says the party's all-island campaign motorcade was incident-free, despite reports to the contrary.
According to media reports, Errol Walker of Frontier, St. Mary, who had earlier participated in a section of the JLP motorcade last Thursday, returned to find his home completely destroyed by fire. He claimed there was a political link to the incident.
Full investigation
Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller on Saturday urged the police to carry out a full investigation into charges that there was a political connection into Thursday night's incident.
Speaking with Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jevene Bent, on Saturday, the Prime Minister said such an allegation was "a most serious one demanding the highest level of investigation."
Harry Douglas, Member of Parliament for South East St. Mary, reported last week that a 14-year-old girl was stabbed by JLP supporters on the same day the motorcade travelled through his constituency .
However, Mr. Samuda rejected the allegations and argued that Mr. Douglas was being "scandalous".
