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Please view PAJ’s letter to the Prime Minister here.

Dear Mr Buckley
I am puzzled at your suggestion that I had a duty to invite the media to accompany me on my visit to Tivoli Gardens last Wednesday.

The situation in Tivoli, as you know, is very delicate. There is healing that must take place and a new understanding of the way forward that must be forged. These are not necessarily the obligations or primary objectives of those whose foremost duty is to report the news, whatever that news is. Nor does all such reporting necessarily assist that process. On the other hand, some residents are reluctant to appear when the media are present as they do not wish to have their images published.

I was not and am still not aware that the media were excluded from covering my visit to Tivoli last Wednesday. The media have been free to visit Tivoli Gardens and interview residents and have, in fact, done so and published their reports.

Yours sincerely
Bruce Golding
Prime Minister
Office of the prime Minister
Jamaica House
Kingston 10