Dear Editor,
The Jamaica Labour Party is at a critical stage in its 70th year of existence. For the first time in decades it will put into practice the democratic process that is an essential component of any democratic institution -- an internal election.
Within the imbroglio we hear mentions of Jamaicans and politicians not being "used to Andrew's style of leadership"; and how good this style is for the party. Is this the same style that has us still licking our wounds from one of the worst election defeats in history? Is this the style that fuelled questions of the JLP's relevance in the media a few weeks ago? Let us not be fooled or fool ourselves, good leaders are never mistaken for irrelevant or toothless leaders.
They say it is Andrew's level-headedness and laid-back approach that is being mistaken for poor leadership -- I can't fight the chuckle rising from my gullet. It is woefully misleading to presume that silence equates to level-headedness.
I find Audley's campaign as it is now to be more level-headed than Andrew's. If their campaigns are in any way reflective of whom they are, which it should be, Andrew would come up extremely wanting in the area of level-headedness and cool.
Derron Scarlett
dscarlett81@hotmail.com
Silence does not mean level-headedness
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The Jamaica Labour Party is at a critical stage in its 70th year of existence. For the first time in decades it will put into practice the democratic process that is an essential component of any democratic institution -- an internal election.
Within the imbroglio we hear mentions of Jamaicans and politicians not being "used to Andrew's style of leadership"; and how good this style is for the party. Is this the same style that has us still licking our wounds from one of the worst election defeats in history? Is this the style that fuelled questions of the JLP's relevance in the media a few weeks ago? Let us not be fooled or fool ourselves, good leaders are never mistaken for irrelevant or toothless leaders.
They say it is Andrew's level-headedness and laid-back approach that is being mistaken for poor leadership -- I can't fight the chuckle rising from my gullet. It is woefully misleading to presume that silence equates to level-headedness.
I find Audley's campaign as it is now to be more level-headed than Andrew's. If their campaigns are in any way reflective of whom they are, which it should be, Andrew would come up extremely wanting in the area of level-headedness and cool.
Derron Scarlett
dscarlett81@hotmail.com
Silence does not mean level-headedness
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