Jamaican PM rejects comments by Zimbabwe president

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller 

The prime minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson Miller, has strongly refuted the contoversial comments by the president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe labelling Jamaican men as chronic drunkards and marijuana smokers.

Miller in a statement on Thursday said  "The government can confirm that exhaustive checks by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade indicate that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at the launch of a 2012 Research and Intellectual Institute Expo, in Harare, made certain uncomplimentary remarks about Jamaican men."

”These remarks, she said, regardless of whether they were spoken "in jest" as was stated in Wednesday's edition of the New Zimbabwe Newspaper, were grossly unfortunate, misguided and untrue.”

"We are confident that the remarks of President Mugabe do not represent the sentiments of the people of Zimbabwe, other African countries, and the rest of the world," The prime Minister said.

"Our confidence is predicated on the fact that there are many outstanding and globally accepted examples of the character and contribution of Jamaican men, who have set the benchmark as exceptional achievers," she added.

She said the comment should be "dismissed as untrue and disrespectful to the hundreds of thousands of Jamaican men who are excellent fathers, professionals and outstanding citizens."

 I agree complete with you madam. This is pure busy body.