DEATH PENALTY COULD CHOKE FOREIGN AID TO JAMAICA - JUNIOR MINISTER

junior Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr Ronald Robinson, says Jamaica could be denied developmental support from some countries opposed to the death penalty because of its move to retain capital punishment. Robinson said that despite the possible backlash from countries that provide aid to Jamaica, the State should move decisively to carry out the death penalty. He told the Senate "In the foreign ministry that I am attached to, we understand the ramifications of the retention of the death penalty." "In fact, I will say, there are countries that have made it quite clear what they will do if we were to retain it (death penalty) in terms of donors, accessing aid development, etc."