Its all over

[Willi]

Shearer lost the vote and Busta made them revote!

Many thought Vivian Blake should be the leader and did not like the dynastic change to Michael. The PNP only ever had 3 leadership changes. JLP had 4 before this one.

[Willi]

Mi think seh you live inna Jam!

[Islandman]

But there was a party delegate election for the leadership between Blake and Michael though, wasn't there? Granted it wasn't a level playing field but they did have a process. As there was for PJ vs Portia and Portia vs Peter (twice).

Has the JLP ever had the delegates elect a leader? Maybe thats just not how they do it.

[Rudi]

Big gun talk. Careful how you sleepwalk. Bam Bam.

[Muadib]

yuh got to be joking...

Yuh nuh penny how dem man chat cayliss.. dem nuh live yah.. its all theory for them.

dem chat faught while wi haffi play Van Helsing innah di fiyah..

wirl nuh level..

[Willi]

They did not have delegate vote, they had something like a standing committee vote. They had a process and votes, just not at the delegate level, and Busta could and did overrule!

Yuh haffi understand the party roots, JLP was Busta Party. PNP was not NW Manley Party. It was OT Fairclough and others who formed the PNP and after repeated attempts convinced a reluctant Manley to lead it.

Manley did not "own" the PNP and so the PNP was more "democratic" from inception a it was a group thing. Busta formed the JLP so as not to get outflanked, as he was supposed to only have the Union. When he formed his party, then the PNP allied fully with its own NWU and the TUC.

I heard all this as my family on both sides are old time PNP stock. Much older PNP than some just join peeps from the 1970s. LoL

[Historian]

Thank You!!

They did not have delegate vote, they had something like a standing committee vote. They had a process and votes, just not at the delegate level, and Busta could and did overrule!

Yuh haffi understand the party roots, JLP was Busta Party. PNP was not NW Manley Party. It was OT Fairclough and others who formed the PNP and after repeated attempts convinced a reluctant Manley to lead it.

Manley did not "own" the PNP and so the PNP was more "democratic" from inception a it was a group thing. Busta formed the JLP so as not to get outflanked, as he was supposed to only have the Union. When he formed his party, then the PNP allied fully with its own NWU and the TUC.

I heard all this as my family on both sides are old time PNP stock. Much older PNP than some just join peeps from the 1970s. LoL

Excellent historical background information, based on the little (and most likely accurate) information I got over time! Thank you for posting this, Willi!

And, if I may add, the JLP seems to have finally gotten it right! In my case, the right choice had to be either Andrew Holness or else Dr. Christopher Tufton. Now, maybe Jamaica will at last have something of a bright future to look forward to!!

[Islandman]

Make sense. Thanks.

I guess that explains to some extent why Seaga figured he would lead the party the way he did, ie the Busta way. Problem is he was not Busta.

[Exile]

Yu have cracking up....ok Comrade. Genetic.

[Exile]

Ok Van Helsing. Lol.

[TDowl]

Yuh better not walk in your sleep above ground level too.

[Karl]

You got it right.

[Assasin]

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...us/focus2.html

[Gamma]

ah the benefit of a good eddication!!!