As pressure mounts on Prime Minister Bruce Golding to step down as leader of the country, many in the cyber world have also joined in the call, through two lobby groups on the social network, Facebook.

Earlier this week, Prime Minister Golding announced that, as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party he had sanctioned approaching the United States law firm, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips to have them lobby the US government against the extradition request for Dudus, whose real name is Christopher Coke.

Coke is wanted on gun and drug charges. Prior to that announcement, the Prime Minister had said that he didn't know about the Government approaching the firm.

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Since this revelation, many Jamaicans living here and overseas have been very vocal about their desire to see the prime minister step down. This movement has now made it online.

A Facebook page named 'Resign Now Bruce Golding' which was recently created, boasted 585 members at the time of this story with more than 200 persons joining in just a few hours. In explaining its purpose, the creator of the group wrote, "As citizens of Jamaica, we call for the resignation of Prime Minister Bruce Golding." The page also carried several news stories relating to the Dudus extradition request and the Manatt, Phelps & Phillips matter.

One member of the group wrote; "Let's keep up the pressure. Mr Golding is feeling the heat! ..."

The other group, called 'Bruce Golding Must Resign Now', had 136 members and boldly declared,

"Bruce Golding tek Jamaicans fi punk. It's time for him to step down." One post on this group read, "Resign, Resign, Resign ... we won't stop until you do!"

Yesterday, the Prime Minister convened a meeting with members of the officer corps of the Jamaica Labour Party which prompted speculation that he may be considering what his next move should be.