The People's National Party Youth Organisation (PNPYO) has promised an islandwide demonstration if there is no promising word from Prime Minister Bruce Golding by Wednesday.

The threat came in the wake of a letter that was delivered to Jamaica House yesterday by the PNPYO. The letter contained alternatives to the tax measures outlined by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, last Thursday

The PNPYO and a handful of supporters began their peaceful march at the Hagley Park Plaza, Half-Way Tree, and ended at the gates of the Police Officers' Club on Hope Road in St Andrew, 200 yards from the Office of the Prime Minister.

"No more Bruce! Away with Bruce!" the group of about 50 persons shouted.

"Bruce come een like Shebada!, him dash di tax pon wi without warning!" one supporter bellowed as the others erupted in laughter.

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Crawford was allowed to deliver the letter and later pledged, "If we don't receive word from the PM by Wednesday, then we will take it to other parishes and eventually nationwide."

However, later, in a release from Jamaica House, Golding said he expected the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) to use the Budget Debate to air its concerns about the Budget and the $18 billion tax package that was announced.

"I expect that the concerns you have raised and the proposals you have put forward will be included in the presentations to be made by participating members of the Opposition, to which the Government will respond appropriately," Golding said in his letter to the PNPYO.

However, Crawford said the response was "unsatisfactory". He said the PNP did not speak for the PNPYO and that the organisation he led would be making its views known through islandwide protests next Monday.