The People's National Party (PNP) is turning up the heat on Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness, demanding he sack Dr Andrew Wheatley from Cabinet after a damning Integrity Commission report recommended criminal charges for illicit enrichment.

The report, tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, accuses Wheatley of failing to explain how he acquired wealth beyond his known income. Wheatley is minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, responsible for science, technology and special projects.

This isn't Wheatley's first brush with scandal. He served as energy minister in Holness's Cabinet but resigned in July 2018 after scandals engulfed entities under his portfolio. Three years later, he told the Jamaica Observer he'd learned from that experience. "I am always willing to serve," he said then. He was returned to Cabinet after the Jamaica Labour Party's 2025 General Election victory — seven years on the sidelines.

Now the Opposition says the prime minister should've known better. At a media conference Thursday, Opposition Leader Mark Golding said there's a difference between someone who makes a genuinely bad move and someone with serious corruption allegations that haven't been cleared. "There are some things that are sufficiently serious and that person really should not be a public figure any longer," Golding said.

"There are situations where somebody who holds a ministerial position may do something that's not quite right and, because we are trying to set a standard of good behaviour and proper governance, that can't be ignored, but it may not be so egregious as to warrant permanent exclusion of that person from their career." — Mark Golding, Opposition Leader

The report details that Wheatley sold his medical practice, Western Medical Centre, for $13 million in 2013 and was paid through intermittent cash payments. He named a buyer, but produced no receipt. An independent investigation revealed the alleged buyer wasn't in Jamaica — he'd been deported or extradited three years before the supposed transaction.

Robinson noted that Wheatley told the IC he earned returns from a high-yield investment scheme, but there was no evidence the scheme existed. The explanation wasn't in his statutory declarations for the entire period.

The PNP says the IC report shows a pattern of behaviour that should disqualify anyone from holding public office. They want Holness to act now.

Wheatley, the MP for St Catherine South Central, hasn't publicly commented on the latest report. The prime minister's office has also remained silent on the matter.

For now, the ball's in Holness's court. The question is whether he'll keep a minister under a cloud of criminal recommendation — or cut him loose.