He has not had a very coherent foreign policy and his government has been dominated by scandal and influence of the Shower Posse (CokeвЂ™s group).вЂ™вЂ™ДЇor its part, the PNP has called for general elections, saying that Jamaica is suffering from a вЂњgovernance crisis.вЂ™вЂ™ вЂњHeвЂ™s weak and he has done a very bad job. вЂњHe has spent most of his political capital for the biggest drug don in Caribbean history,вЂ™вЂ™ said David Rowe, a South Florida Jamaican-born law professor. In the process, he was weakened and became even more vulnerable to the opposition PeopleвЂ™s National Party. extradition, arguing it breached Jamaican law.

It has raised questions about the prime ministerвЂ™s credibility and leadership after he spent months stonewalling a U.S.

authorities and may have implicated members of the JLP.Д®ither way, his case has rocked Jamaica, the JLP and Golding. federal judge for leniency after pleading guilty, raising suspicions and rumors that heвЂ™s cooperating with U.S. prison for his involvement in an international crime ring. Since the JLPвЂ™s 2007 thin victory at the polls, the party has been struggling against a global recession that caused the loss of thousands of jobs, scandals involving leaders and the affair involving its most well-known and feared drug lord, Christopher вЂњDudusвЂќ Coke.Д¬oke is facing up to 23 years in U.S. Jamaica observers and politicians say while the timing of GoldingвЂ™s announcement came as a surprise, the decision did not.

вЂњThe challenges of the last four years have taken their toll,вЂ™вЂ™ Golding said in a statement. When Bruce Golding took over the pinnacle of political power in a challenging Jamaica, it was the crowning moment in a long political career that ended almost a two decades long political drought for the Jamaica Labor Party.ДЇour years and several high-profile scandals later, including the extradition of the countryвЂ™s most notorious drug kingpin, Golding is calling it quits.

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