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A day after Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters demonstrated against a parliamentarian, supporters in another constituency are protesting against the selection of a prospective candidate.
In this latest protest, the residents say their representative is ineffective.
Residents in North East St. Elizabeth on Tuesday morning demonstrated in front of the party's constituency office in Santa Cruz to call for the removal of caretaker Corris Samuels.
Mr. Samuels ran on the JLP's ticket in the 2007 General Election but lost to the People’s National Party's Kern Spencer.
The residents say Mr. Samuels has been ineffective in the constituency and should be replaced.
“He's not doing what he is supposed to be doing. When he passes through the area the phone is always at his ears, I don’t understand how his phone is engaged all the time, he doesn’t want to see anybody and he is hiding from people…it is unfair, we don’t want him,” said a constituent in North East St. Elizabeth.
Some residents have also urged Mr. Spencer to switch sides claiming they would vote for him if he represented the JLP.
At the same time some party workers and supporters are calling for Mr. Samuels to be replaced by sitting Councillor for the Santa Cruz Division Stalin Brown or attorney Lorna Bennett.
Mr. Brown was been a Councillor since 1998 while Ms Bennett's law practice is based in Santa Cruz.
On Monday constituents in Eastern St. Andrew demonstrated at the JLP's Belmont Road Headquarters insisting that MP Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett be replaced as they claimed he was ineffective.
RJR News has also learnt that there are rumblings of disapproval over the continued representation by South East St. Mary MP Tarn Peralto and St. Catherine North East incumbent Gregory Mair.
Meanwhile Mr. Samuels has downplayed the effects of the demonstration saying it was led by someone wanting to stir up trouble.
“I met with the people from the area last night who said they were having demonstrations. I met with them, the major people and try to find the concerns but the concerns were unfounded, they were not getting anything from me, I don’t come to see them when they are keeping functions. But it’s only one person that is making the problem,”
“I have the full support of the constituency executive, the full support of the councillor and the councillor/caretaker, all of them in full support of my candidacy,” Mr. Samuels said.
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In this latest protest, the residents say their representative is ineffective.
Residents in North East St. Elizabeth on Tuesday morning demonstrated in front of the party's constituency office in Santa Cruz to call for the removal of caretaker Corris Samuels.
Mr. Samuels ran on the JLP's ticket in the 2007 General Election but lost to the People’s National Party's Kern Spencer.
The residents say Mr. Samuels has been ineffective in the constituency and should be replaced.
“He's not doing what he is supposed to be doing. When he passes through the area the phone is always at his ears, I don’t understand how his phone is engaged all the time, he doesn’t want to see anybody and he is hiding from people…it is unfair, we don’t want him,” said a constituent in North East St. Elizabeth.
Some residents have also urged Mr. Spencer to switch sides claiming they would vote for him if he represented the JLP.
At the same time some party workers and supporters are calling for Mr. Samuels to be replaced by sitting Councillor for the Santa Cruz Division Stalin Brown or attorney Lorna Bennett.
Mr. Brown was been a Councillor since 1998 while Ms Bennett's law practice is based in Santa Cruz.
On Monday constituents in Eastern St. Andrew demonstrated at the JLP's Belmont Road Headquarters insisting that MP Dr. St. Aubyn Bartlett be replaced as they claimed he was ineffective.
RJR News has also learnt that there are rumblings of disapproval over the continued representation by South East St. Mary MP Tarn Peralto and St. Catherine North East incumbent Gregory Mair.
Meanwhile Mr. Samuels has downplayed the effects of the demonstration saying it was led by someone wanting to stir up trouble.
“I met with the people from the area last night who said they were having demonstrations. I met with them, the major people and try to find the concerns but the concerns were unfounded, they were not getting anything from me, I don’t come to see them when they are keeping functions. But it’s only one person that is making the problem,”
“I have the full support of the constituency executive, the full support of the councillor and the councillor/caretaker, all of them in full support of my candidacy,” Mr. Samuels said.
http://rjrnewsonline.com/news/politi...t-st-elizabeth
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