KINGSTON, Jamaica — Third political party National Democratic Movement (NDM) says that the People’s National Party’s (PNP) decision to withdraw from the national debates is an “insult to the people of Jamaica”.

According to the NDM, none of the many campaign advertisements by both the PNP and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has addressed adequately the many national issues that Jamaicans need to be informed about.

Some of these issues, the NDM said, are:

Jamaica is now under producing. How to increase production?

Jobs are severely lacking, especially for young people. How to create jobs?

The economy is struggling to barely produce one per cent growth. How to increase growth?

The people of Jamaica have never been more unsecure. How to improve security?

The Health Services are in a deplorable condition. How to improve the health sector?

The Education system, especially Early Childhood is under performing. How to improve Education?

The National Water system is delivering much less than adequate water. How to improve water distribution?

“This is not the time for the PNP to refuse to address these national issues in a national debate, to inform and present to the people a better future,” the NDM said in a release Friday.

On Thursday the PNP said it would not participate in the national debates until certain stipulations were met, including an apology from Opposition leader Andrew Holness to PNP leader Portia Simpson Miller for statements made against her.