(Jamaica Gleaner) News of Bruce Golding’s pending resignation as Jamaica Labour Party leader and prime minister of Jamaica has resonated across the world like wildfire.
Media networks in every part of the world have been broadcasting the news ever since it broke Sunday morning.
A search of the World Wide Web showed international media sites like BBC, The Washington Post, The Voice of America, Bloomberg, Stabroek News, The Guardian, The New York Times, Forbes, Huffington Post, Caribbean Media Corporation, Word Press, Bahamas Press, The Voice, Fox News, Al Jazeera, Globe and Mail, Taiwan News, Virgin Islands News, MSNBC, ABC, Miami Herald, Jerusalem Post, CBS, among others, highlighting the surprising announcement.
Many have linked the move to the Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke extradition saga.
“Veteran leader damaged Labour Party’s standing by opposing extradition of drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke to the US,” The Guardian states.
The Washington Post reports, “Jamaica’s governing party announced Sunday that Prime Minister Bruce Golding will step down as leader in the coming weeks, possibly averting a rebellion from ruling party members that could have led to his ouster.”
‘Jamaica’s beleaguered leader to step down’ headlines The New York Times.
“Bruce Golding to step down amid criticism of his role in extradition to the US of drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke,” reads Al Jazeera.
