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North Trelawny PNP supporters up in arms over Patrick Atkins
Supporters of the Opposition Peoples' National Party (PNP) mounted a fiery protest outside the party's North Trelawny Constituency Office Thursday morning.
The protestors were showing their displeasure about reported plans to install attorney-at-law Patrick Atkinson Q.C as the constituency caretaker.
News of Mr. Atkinson's planned re-entry into representational politics was announced at a closed door constituency meeting Wednesday night.
Hours later, protestors demonstrated outside the party's constituency office demanding that Damion Crawford, the former President of the PNP Youth Organisation, be installed as their caretaker candidate.
"We don't want Patrick Atkinson, no way. We don’t need no loser in North Trelawny, never," said one protestor.
PNP sources have confirmed that following the announcement, angry party members hurled abuse at members of the party’s Campaign Committee, including Dr. Peter Phillips, Campaign Director, and Lisa Hanna, Member of Parliament for South East St. Ann.
A party worker, who asked not to be named, said North Trelawny PNP supporters became livid after news came that another aspirant, Garth Wilkinson, had announced that he would not be the party's standard bearer for the seat.
"We (were) outside when we (saw) that a disturbance was going on. (They said) Garth Wilkinson (had) stepped down and they’re going to give us Patrick Atkinson and we don’t want him. If it’s not Damion Crawford, we don’t want (Atkinson). (They need) to give us a real reason why they don’t want to give us Crawford," a PNP supporter who was at Wednesday night's meeting told RJR News.
Dr. Patrick Harris, the outgoing MP for North Trelawny, who was at the scene of Thursday morning's demonstration, left the scene after failing to control the angry supporters.
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Supporters of the Opposition Peoples' National Party (PNP) mounted a fiery protest outside the party's North Trelawny Constituency Office Thursday morning.
The protestors were showing their displeasure about reported plans to install attorney-at-law Patrick Atkinson Q.C as the constituency caretaker.
News of Mr. Atkinson's planned re-entry into representational politics was announced at a closed door constituency meeting Wednesday night.
Hours later, protestors demonstrated outside the party's constituency office demanding that Damion Crawford, the former President of the PNP Youth Organisation, be installed as their caretaker candidate.
"We don't want Patrick Atkinson, no way. We don’t need no loser in North Trelawny, never," said one protestor.
PNP sources have confirmed that following the announcement, angry party members hurled abuse at members of the party’s Campaign Committee, including Dr. Peter Phillips, Campaign Director, and Lisa Hanna, Member of Parliament for South East St. Ann.
A party worker, who asked not to be named, said North Trelawny PNP supporters became livid after news came that another aspirant, Garth Wilkinson, had announced that he would not be the party's standard bearer for the seat.
"We (were) outside when we (saw) that a disturbance was going on. (They said) Garth Wilkinson (had) stepped down and they’re going to give us Patrick Atkinson and we don’t want him. If it’s not Damion Crawford, we don’t want (Atkinson). (They need) to give us a real reason why they don’t want to give us Crawford," a PNP supporter who was at Wednesday night's meeting told RJR News.
Dr. Patrick Harris, the outgoing MP for North Trelawny, who was at the scene of Thursday morning's demonstration, left the scene after failing to control the angry supporters.
http://rjrnewsonline.com/news/politi...trick-atkinson
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