Now we'll see if unity talk is real

Dear Editor,

On Sunday, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) pleasantly surprised the Jamaican people by having a peaceful and apparently fair election.

I say surprised everyone as so many of the older, influential persons in the party had been totally against an electoral challenge to the leader, Andrew Holness, because of their culture of allowing only the elites in the party to select the leaders; thus opening up of the system to allow delegates to decide was, to them, totally unacceptable to them.

Their vitriol on the campaign trail even indicated that they considered anyone who supported the challenger as a traitor, and we all know the penalty for treachery.

It will now be very interesting to review who makes the new shadow cabinet and even the Senate, and why, as that will tell us whether the talk of uniting the party is really genuine.

Now that the process is over too, we look forward to them presenting the country with a workable alternative to the mismanagement and corruption which is the order of the day, and hopefully, those who were only roused from their slumber by a leadership challenge, though being well paid by taxpayers, will remain wide awake to defend the interests of the Jamaican people.

Joan Williams

gratestj@gmail.com

Now we'll see if unity talk is real

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