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Poverty to Prosperity
Budget Presentation
Gordon House March 19, 2015
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Acknowledgements:
Mr. Speaker, members of this Honourable House, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, visitors
in the gallery - (and let me specially recognise students from my alma mater St. Catherine
High School); my fellow Jamaicans listening and watching on TV, radio, and the internet, I
must give thanks to God for sparing us as a nation and as a Parliament, that we can all
gather here once again to discuss the people‟s business and recommit ourselves as
instruments of His will.
Mr. Speaker, I believe it will be generally agreed that your conduct of the House deserves
commendation.
Mr. Speaker, I do not stand here alone. I stand here because of the support of my
colleagues on this side.
I stand here today because the people of West Central St. Andrew have returned me to
Parliament for consecutive terms.
I stand here today because of the thousands of delegates and workers of the Jamaica
Labour Party who continue to support me and the team.
I stand here today championing a cause for the hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans who
hold the view that:
the economy grows under the JLP,
crime will fall under the JLP,
education and social services will improve under the JLP,