ABC News Says US Report Alleges Jamaican PM Bruce Golding is "Known Criminal Affiliate" of Drug Lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke

US report allegedly names Prime Minister Bruce Golding as a "criminal affiliate" of drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke.

More drama coming from Jamaica. ABC News is reporting that a US report fingers Prime Minister Bruce Golding as a "criminal affiliate" of accused drug lord Christopher Coke. The reports are claiming the Jamaica Labour Party was voted into power through "Coke's murderous and strong-arm tactics." Wait, there's more. ABC also states Golding and other senior Jamaican officials have allegedly been electronically intercepted talking to Coke inside his fortified compound. If these allegations are true, Bruce Golding needs to step down immediately and be apprehended for questioning by the U.S. authorities for questioning. In all fairness, I find it absolutely hard to believe Bruce Golding could stoop so low. Er, I think he stooped pretty low when he lied about lobbying for Dudus through an American law firm. Still, I would like to see a direct link to a US government website referencing this report before I believe the claims the ABC News reporters are making. I also find it ironic that no Jamaican newspapers have reported on this so-called US report. Come on ABC News, cite your sources, you are further impugning the already tarnished reputation of Bruce Golding.

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UPDATE#1: Well, Bruce Golding is "angry," according to the Jamaica Observer. Who cares? If he's that angry about the ABC News and UK Independent's articles, sue them for libel, then they will have to prove where they got the information from, wouldn't they? Then we may get the truth about his involvement with Dudus. The reality is Bruce Golding is 0 - 2 in credibility with the Dudus debacle, having lied in Parliament about his involvment with the lobbying issue, only to admit he lied weeks later.

PRIME Minister Bruce Golding last night described as “scurrilous and malicious” a report by the American television network ABC News linking him in a damaging way to Tivoli Gardens strongman and alleged drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

Dismissing the ABC News report as “extremely offensive”, Golding pointed out that it made damaging and libellous assertions that “must be dismissed with the contempt that it deserves”.
He also expressed outrage at an article in the UK newspaper The Independent that said that a drug gang was on the payroll of the Jamaican prime minister.

“He said both publications, by seeking to link him personally with the alleged drug kingpin, were clearly part of a conspiracy to undermine the duly elected Government of Jamaica,” a news release from Jamaica House said. Source: Jamaica Observer

Right now, many people are incensed with the root cause of this urban warfare -- the politicians. It's time the leadership of both parties seek employment elsewhere. Jamaica is a beautiful place, but the stench of corruption and ineptitude of its leaders have changed it into a place barely recognizable by many. What the PNP and JLP, as well as their lackeys have done to Jamaica is “scurrilous and malicious.”