The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will launch its 2007 manifesto this afternoon at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston.

The launch of the manifesto comes less than one week before Nomination Day, August 7, and exactly four weeks before the general election on August 27.

Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum last week Wednesday, senior party members said the manifesto was ready and would be launched today.

Karl Samuda, JLP general secretary, said the manifesto would give specific details on how the party will address the issues of crime and violence and the deliverance of justice, as well as economic development.

The governing People's National Party will launch its manifesto on August 9.