LEADER of Government Business in the Senate Kamina Johnson Smith yesterday accused the Opposition of mischief-making regarding the condition of Jamaicans who returned home on the Royal Caribbean cruise vessel Adventure of the Seas earlier this week.

Senator Johnson Smith, the minister of foreign affairs and foreign trade, made the accusation after Opposition Senator Damion Crawford claimed that he had heard of people committing suicide on the ship and some jumping overboard into the sea.

The issue arose after Senator Johnson Smith reminded the Senate that Prime Minister Andrew Holness had announced Monday that since the activation of the immigration portal on the jamcovid19 website close to 9,000 Jamaicans had registered to come home under the controlled re-entry protocols.

Senator Johnson Smith accused the Opposition of being hypocritical, and referred to Senator Crawford's actions as indicative of “mischief-making” by the Opposition.

Senator Crawford, in response, accused Johnson Smith of wrongfully insinuating that he had said that Jamaicans aboard the ship had committed suicide and jumped overboard.