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Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), Desmond McKenzie, says the People's National Party (PNP) are so anti-Jamaica that it is disappointed the murder rate has been falling.

Addressing JLP workers at a meeting in St Elizabeth North East on Monday evening, McKenzie described the PNP as "wicked, unconscionable, grudgeful, envious [and] selfish". He said the opposition party does not have the country's best interest at heart.

"Crime is down 41 per cent [but], instead of celebrating they criticise the reduction in crime. They criticise that people's lives are being saved. That the guns that firing the way they want the guns to ... Come on!," McKenzie bellowed.

"How can you tell people that 'Time Come', when you are not demonstrating the maturity that is required to take this country forward?" McKenzie said.

'Time Come' is a slogan used by the PNP as it campaigns for state power in the upcoming general elections due by September.

McKenzie blasted the PNP for its criticisms of the rural school bus system. He said that if the PNP loved Jamaica, it would have joined forces with the government to ensure the best possible plan.

"This is not a political issue, we are talking about the future of our children," he said.

He said that the PNP's proposal to provide a subsidy to transport operators to take needy children to school could see them being transported "like hog and goats".

McKenzie also turned his fury at the PNP's Peter Bunting, chastising him for expressing fears that the buses being imported for the rural school bus system are old and worn, and could lead to the loss of lives. He described Bunting's comments as "cold, heartless and wicked".

For McKenzie, though, he is not surprised by the utterances of the PNP, arguing that it is in the DNA of the party. Flipping back the pages of history, the JLP deputy leader said the PNP was opposed to the construction of the Sandy Gully in the Corporate Area and the establishment of the National Insurance Scheme.

"These people have nothing about them. They are cold and heartless. All that is in their mind is power," McKenzie said.

He said that while the Dr Andrew Holness-led administration has not been perfect, "We are far, far superior better than those who want to replace us". He, however, warned that the shouts of 'showa' and ringing of bells will not be enough to win the upcoming election, and urged party workers to make sure to give their all to ensure victory.

"If you realise, they are hungry for power, they will do anything for power, and that means you have to become laser focus on the job that you have to do," McKenzie said.