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Do your research, Mr Buddan
Published: Tuesday | September 20, 2011 6 Comments
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM A recent graduate of the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]University [COLOR=blue! important]of [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]the [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]West [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]Indies[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] Faculty of [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Education[/COLOR][/COLOR] and Humanities, Department of History. I have a natural bent for [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]history[/COLOR][/COLOR]: political and otherwise. I have been taught by greats such as Professor Roy Augier, Professor Verene Shepherd and other luminaries of that ilk. My thesis was supervised by no less a person than Professor Patrick Bryan. It covered the political period in Jamaica between 1943-1967.
I preface my comment with my qualification for the simple reason that I want to establish the fact that I am qualified to speak in the area.
Now I am most disturbed by an article which appeared in The Sunday Gleaner, September 18, under the caption, 'Parties as machines' by Robert Buddan. In his article, he praises the People's National Party (PNP) of being a nation builder and a regional builder. On the other hand, he condemns the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as being a party that only seeks to win elections and that is why it associates itself with the likes of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. That is garbage.
Political violence unleashed
Professor Buddan, you need to read my thesis; copies are in the archives or library at the UWI. The fact is, it was the PNP that started political violence in Jamaica by the formation of group 69 in Western Kingston. The late Hugh Lawson Shearer was beaten to a pulp and his car burnt by PNP thugs in the run up to the 1947 parochial election in Western Kingston where Bustamante was member of parliament. Bustamante had to flee from that constituency in the 1949 general election because of political violence unleashed on him by PNP strongmen and leaders.
It is a known fact that both political parties have been associated with dons and gunmen. Burryboy and Fedamop are just two of the PNP gunmen that come to mind. The late Professor Carl Stone had established that the PNP had 11 garrisons and the JLP had three.
There are a number of name-brand dons that support the PNP at present. I know of a fact that there are a number of PNP heavyweights who are worried at present because Dudus has decided to plea bargain. Do not worry Mr Buddan, many of them will not be around to fight the next general election: they will be where Dudus is.
I hate when persons make reference to the UWI as an intellectual ghetto. But it is persons like Buddan who cause it.
Trevor Williams
trevwil36@hotmail.com
Do your research, Mr Buddan
Published: Tuesday | September 20, 2011 6 Comments
THE EDITOR, Sir: I AM A recent graduate of the [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]University [COLOR=blue! important]of [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]the [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]West [/COLOR][COLOR=blue! important]Indies[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] Faculty of [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]Education[/COLOR][/COLOR] and Humanities, Department of History. I have a natural bent for [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]history[/COLOR][/COLOR]: political and otherwise. I have been taught by greats such as Professor Roy Augier, Professor Verene Shepherd and other luminaries of that ilk. My thesis was supervised by no less a person than Professor Patrick Bryan. It covered the political period in Jamaica between 1943-1967.
I preface my comment with my qualification for the simple reason that I want to establish the fact that I am qualified to speak in the area.
Now I am most disturbed by an article which appeared in The Sunday Gleaner, September 18, under the caption, 'Parties as machines' by Robert Buddan. In his article, he praises the People's National Party (PNP) of being a nation builder and a regional builder. On the other hand, he condemns the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) as being a party that only seeks to win elections and that is why it associates itself with the likes of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. That is garbage.
Political violence unleashed
Professor Buddan, you need to read my thesis; copies are in the archives or library at the UWI. The fact is, it was the PNP that started political violence in Jamaica by the formation of group 69 in Western Kingston. The late Hugh Lawson Shearer was beaten to a pulp and his car burnt by PNP thugs in the run up to the 1947 parochial election in Western Kingston where Bustamante was member of parliament. Bustamante had to flee from that constituency in the 1949 general election because of political violence unleashed on him by PNP strongmen and leaders.
It is a known fact that both political parties have been associated with dons and gunmen. Burryboy and Fedamop are just two of the PNP gunmen that come to mind. The late Professor Carl Stone had established that the PNP had 11 garrisons and the JLP had three.
There are a number of name-brand dons that support the PNP at present. I know of a fact that there are a number of PNP heavyweights who are worried at present because Dudus has decided to plea bargain. Do not worry Mr Buddan, many of them will not be around to fight the next general election: they will be where Dudus is.
I hate when persons make reference to the UWI as an intellectual ghetto. But it is persons like Buddan who cause it.
Trevor Williams
trevwil36@hotmail.com
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