KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s main opposition party, the People’s National Party (PNP), moved on Wednesday to push for the immediate exit of Shane Dalling, Chief Executive Officer of the island nation’s Firearm Licensing Authority (FLA). The demand comes in the wake of the recently tabled Integrity Commission Report 37/2026, which uncovers widespread institutional corruption, manipulated official documentation, and a total collapse of accountability frameworks during Dalling’s tenure.
For the opposition, the documented lapses uncovered by the independent integrity watchdog leave no room for Dalling to continue leading the critical national security agency, with his departure framed as a non-negotiable first step toward restoring public trust.
The damning report details a series of alarming failures at the FLA: live ammunition owned by private citizens has vanished from the authority’s secured vault; a dead man’s identity was fraudulently used to create sales documentation connected to a licensed firearm dealer; and critical electronic records were permanently lost after the agency failed to implement a basic backup system.
“This cannot be brushed off as simple mismanagement,” stated Fitz Jackson, Member of Parliament and the PNP’s National Security spokesperson. “What we are seeing is a complete breakdown of law, order, and public confidence at the very agency tasked with regulating lethal weapons across Jamaica. No chief executive who has overseen falsified records, missing ammunition, and what amounts to destroyed evidence should be allowed to hold this position for even one more day.”
Beyond calling for Dalling’s resignation, the PNP is pressing Minister of National Security Dr. Horace Chang to take far-reaching, decisive action to address the commission’s findings. While Chang has already stated that the FLA is moving to update protocols for firearm and ammunition storage and internal operations, the opposition argues that incremental procedural changes are not enough to resolve the deep-rooted accountability crisis at the agency.
The party is additionally demanding a full, independent public investigation into every misconduct allegation laid out in the Integrity Commission report, with a requirement that all final findings be released to the Jamaican public.
PNP leaders emphasized that the systemic failures exposed in the report do not only damage the reputation of the FLA — they also erode public trust in the government’s ability to oversee critical national security institutions. Reaffirming their position, the party noted that upholding public confidence must be the top priority for any responsible government, and repeated their calls for Dalling’s immediate resignation and a full public accounting of all the misconduct outlined in the watchdog’s report.