The arrival of 50 garbage trucks is expected to ease the problem as the Government unveils a national clean-up exercise.

JLP Chairman Robert Montague said that the party leader must discuss public cleanliness, noting that the party had an enviable record in that area under the leadership of Edward Seaga and the work of the National Solid Waste Management Authority.

“We hear the cry of the people in terms of the back-up of collection, and I know that it is something that our prime minister, our leader, has his ears on the ground and would have heard the cries of the people, so it’s a matter he will speak to,” Montague said.

He said that Holness should also highlight the work being done under the Government’s land-titling project, where persons occupying family lands are receiving help from the administration to formalise their ownership and get land titles.

“The provision of water and treating with our road conditions, these are critical items, and the prime minister will signal to the country the achievements and where we are going in the future,” the JLP chairman added.

JLP General Secretary Dr Horace Chang believes that Holness will reaffirm the party’s commitment to law and order.

He said that the party leader was also expected to provide an update on the country’s economic programme and discuss plans to encourage investment in the productive sectors and education so that Jamaicans may have the skills set to grow the country in a sustainable manner.

Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, member of parliament for St Andrew West Rural, said the prime minister should speak on law and order issues that have been the subject of public discourse.