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Jamaica’s Agriculture Minister Floyd Green has resigned following the surfacing of a video of him at a gathering that reportedly occurred during a “no-movement” day. In the video, which was posted on social media on Tuesday, Green along with Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) councillor for the Mona Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, Andrew Bellamy, were seen celebrating and toasting alcohol. Green and Bellamy joined with others in the maskless group in a toast after a member said “no movement day”. The gathering was held at the District 5 restaurant at the R Hotel in Kingston. The video, which has garnered over 100,000 views on social media, triggered outrage across the country. Leader of the Opposition Mark Golding was just one of the public figures that called on Floyd Green to resign. In a statement this morning, Golding says for a Minister of Government, who ought to be setting an example for the population as a SCAN TO SEE whole, to be flouting the no-movement day THE VIDEO restrictions and partying with friends, is an arrogant insult to the people of Jamaica. He described Green’s action as an inexcusable, disgraceful dereliction of duty. “Ordinary Jamaicans would be locked up and charged with offences under the DRMA [Disaster Risk Management Act] for doing this. Yet a Government Minister and his cronies were there yesterday flossing and braffing away as if the COVID restrictions mean nothing, showing utter contempt for the rules that his Government has imposed on the people,” the statement read. Jamaicans are restricted from moving on lockdown days – Sunday to continues on B4 – Above the Law
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