JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP) Councillor for the Rae Town Division, Rosalie Hamilton broke ranks with the party yesterday, publicly disagreeing with the imposition of a state of emergency (SOE) across the Kingston Central constituency as announced by Prime Minister Holness.

The outspoken veteran Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) councillor posted on her Facebook page that the SOE should have been limited to violence-prone areas.

So why the police didn't ask for a state of emergency when the people were dying?”

Councillor Hamilton said she heard the prime minister say the reason for the state of emergency is because of the murders and the level of extortion on the KSAMC Sea Coast (improvement) project.

“I took on the responsibility to oversee the hiring of people down there, free of cost, so if that is the basis for the state of emergency it is totally misleading and false,” Hamilton added.