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With calls from some quarters that younger successful candidates should be drafted into the People’s National Party (PNP) Cabinet, one Member of Parliament elect is suggesting that this might not be possible.
Damion Crawford, a new entrant to representational politics, has sought to downplay any expectations that he will automatically be drafted in the cabinet.
Speaking on TVJ's Smile Jamaica, Mr. Crawford insisted that his first job is to his constituents.
“I already have a portfolio, the People’s Gladiator. The Prime Minister has the responsibility to look at all the things that are there, remember we have 42 people, it will be difficult for everyone to have something. So I am very much willing to not have something and go on and save the people,” Mr. Crawford said.
Mr. Crawford defeated the Jamaica Labour Party's Joan Gordon Webley and independent candidate Damion O. Crawford in last Thursday's General Election.
Meanwhile Mr. Crawford, who is one of the youngest elected parliamentarians, has responded to criticisms from youth groups that politicians have failed to engage them.
While acknowledging the role that political parties must play in reaching young people, Mr. Crawford also challenged the youth to do more to aid the process.
He argues that the youth must put Jamaica first.
“It's not only that they don’t vote, they don’t get involved, they don’t volunteer in school, they don’t volunteer in their communities, they are not a part of their community association and so it’s not just that they are disillusioned …you can’t be disillusioned with the country that you live in. the same people that say they are neither JLP or PNP, I am not Jamaican first, I am Jamaican only,” he said.
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Damion Crawford, a new entrant to representational politics, has sought to downplay any expectations that he will automatically be drafted in the cabinet.
Speaking on TVJ's Smile Jamaica, Mr. Crawford insisted that his first job is to his constituents.
“I already have a portfolio, the People’s Gladiator. The Prime Minister has the responsibility to look at all the things that are there, remember we have 42 people, it will be difficult for everyone to have something. So I am very much willing to not have something and go on and save the people,” Mr. Crawford said.
Mr. Crawford defeated the Jamaica Labour Party's Joan Gordon Webley and independent candidate Damion O. Crawford in last Thursday's General Election.
Meanwhile Mr. Crawford, who is one of the youngest elected parliamentarians, has responded to criticisms from youth groups that politicians have failed to engage them.
While acknowledging the role that political parties must play in reaching young people, Mr. Crawford also challenged the youth to do more to aid the process.
He argues that the youth must put Jamaica first.
“It's not only that they don’t vote, they don’t get involved, they don’t volunteer in school, they don’t volunteer in their communities, they are not a part of their community association and so it’s not just that they are disillusioned …you can’t be disillusioned with the country that you live in. the same people that say they are neither JLP or PNP, I am not Jamaican first, I am Jamaican only,” he said.
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