Remember remember the 10th
of November the JLP kass kass was plot, I know there are reasons but this B.S should
be forgot…….
There’s a
famous saying goes “Don't wash your dirty laundry in public.” Clearly the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)
has no idea what this means. Yesterday in Gordon House the Opposition not only
hanged their dirty laundry but their dirty underwear.
There was
clear tension between the members who supported Andrew Holness in the
leadership race and the Audley Shaw team. There’s never a dull
moment in Jamaican politics and yesterday was a clear definition of that. I
found it embarrassing to see the current members of the 70 year old party
carrying feelings like school children.
I’ve observed and reflected on some
issues I feel has affected the party and will continue to affect it for years
to come.
1) Andrew Holness was too hasty in
naming his shadow cabinet. Yes persons were offered various post and declined
but he should have waited at least a week and sort out internal party matters.
2) “United we stand, Divided we fall”
clearly the JLP is a divided party and if they continue like this they will not
win any election soon. The PNP has always been better at dealing with internal
problems and that’s a fact.
3) The JLP must thank Bruce Golding for
the 2007 election victory because it doesn’t look as if they will be winning
another election anytime soon. The fact is we live in "PNP country"
and it’s always their election to lose.
4) JLP is no longer the poor people
party. In fact they lost that title since the mid 1970s thanks to a man know as
Michael Manley. Remember him? The PNP took from the JLP its power base that
Bustamante created and until this day they have never given it back.
In order for the JLP to win another election, they must sort
out their issues and reconnect with “the masses” and clearly they’ve failed to
do that. The continuous election losses with the exception of 2007 are clear indications
that they have disconnected with the people.
Each elected member of the political parties should remember it’s
not what the party can do for you but what you can do to better the lives of
every Jamaica.
Save Jamaica, Believe
in Jamaica, Hope for Jamaica.
S.B. Stanberry
