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Why the PNP got massive turnout
Friday, September 24, 2010
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Dear Editor,
PNP president Portia Simpson Miller and other officers in leadership positions must have been overjoyed at the massive turnout at the party's 72nd Annual Conference last weekend.
What was so surprising about this massive crowd was that it exceeded the expectation and imagination of not only the leadership, but also of most Jamaicans who viewed the conference personally or on television.
Second, what was significant and also noteworthy about the crowd was that about 70 per cent of those who were in attendance were between 18 and 45 years old, which means that it is the younger supporters of the PNP who are more energised to vote for the party as soon as an election is called.
The big question on everybody's mind is, what could have led to this show of strength in support of the PNP, just three years after the JLP formed the government?
There are many contributing factors, which include harder times due to higher cost of living, the over 80,000 people who lost their jobs, along with the government's inability to pay the police and teachers money owed to them. But I believe the main reason was the matter surrounding the Tivoli incursions that left over 70 Jamaicans dead and police stations and the Coronation Market severely damaged. This upset most Jamaicans who believed that a PNP government would not have allowed all this to happen.
Benny White
Rio Grande Valley
Portland
Friday, September 24, 2010
var addthis_pub="jamaicaobserver";
Dear Editor,
PNP president Portia Simpson Miller and other officers in leadership positions must have been overjoyed at the massive turnout at the party's 72nd Annual Conference last weekend.
What was so surprising about this massive crowd was that it exceeded the expectation and imagination of not only the leadership, but also of most Jamaicans who viewed the conference personally or on television.
Second, what was significant and also noteworthy about the crowd was that about 70 per cent of those who were in attendance were between 18 and 45 years old, which means that it is the younger supporters of the PNP who are more energised to vote for the party as soon as an election is called.
The big question on everybody's mind is, what could have led to this show of strength in support of the PNP, just three years after the JLP formed the government?
There are many contributing factors, which include harder times due to higher cost of living, the over 80,000 people who lost their jobs, along with the government's inability to pay the police and teachers money owed to them. But I believe the main reason was the matter surrounding the Tivoli incursions that left over 70 Jamaicans dead and police stations and the Coronation Market severely damaged. This upset most Jamaicans who believed that a PNP government would not have allowed all this to happen.
Benny White
Rio Grande Valley
Portland
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