Dennis Gordon joins call for increase in CDF allocations to constituencies

According to Jamaica Observer (General News), KINGSTON, Jamaica — Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Central, Dennis Gordon, has joined calls by his parliamentary colleagues for an increase in allocations under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Speaking during the State of the Constituency Debate in Gordon House on Thursday, Gordon said the current CDF allocation was grossly inadequate to meet the expectations and needs of constituents, resulting in growing frustration and voter apathy. According to a PNP release on Friday, he recalled that the CDF, as originally conceived by former Prime Minister Bruce Golding, was based on the principle of allocating 2.5 per cent of the national budget directly to constituencies to finance development projects and provide basic amenities. The MP stressed that the fund was never intended to operate as a slush fund, but rather as a mechanism for constituency development, subject to prope