JLP's G2K demands that Opposition Leader resign over dual citizenship status.

PNP President and Opposition Leader, Mark Golding.

 Generation 2000 (G2K), the young professional arm of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), is demanding that Mark Golding resigns as Opposition Leader.

The call comes after Mr. Golding admitted that he still holds British citizenship.

This whole kerfuffle started after the Opposition Leader stated that persons with dual citizenship should be allowed to serve as politicians. This statement by Golding peaked the interest of the public who then demanded he disclose whether or not he was a dual citizen.

The G2K in a public statement asserted that Mr. Golding's status as a dual citizen is morally incompatible with the Office of the Leader of the Opposition.

It further stated that his failure to step aside after this admission, would "only further erode public trust in Mr Golding and in the PNP (People's National Party)".

G2K President, Shayne Kerr has also criticised Golding's handling of the situation, noting that the admission followed a "period of evasion and lack of transparency" where he avoided directly addressing the matter.

"His initial response to queries about his citizenship was woefully lacking and only served to misdirect persons from the reality that he is desperately clutching to his British citizenship," G2K says.

They continue:

"Mr Golding's failed attempt to obfuscate the matter of his British Citizenship now raises questions about his real motives for blocking the long-awaited Constitutional Reform Process to remove the King of England as head of state, which was a matter that both Political Parties have agreed on. His actions undermined the hard work of the Constitutional Reform Committee, on which members of his own party sat. His actions have held the constitutional reform process at ransom while the people of Jamaica continue to wait with bated breath."