Daily Gleaner Election News, Sunday September 2
Written by JamaicaElections.com
JLP favourite – Golding’s party may win 32 seats or more, Portia’s PNP could force tie
The Bruce Golding-led Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) appears on course to win Jamaica’s 15th general election in which 1.3 million electors will choose 60 members to sit in the House of Representatives tomorrow.
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On the eve of the Jamaican elections there will be some interested persons fixated on the results sometime on Tuesday or Wednesday. Leading the group of interested persons will be Prime Minister Arthur and his band of foot soldiers who have been absorbing much criticism of late as any party going for a fourth term might. In Jamaica, we have the ever popular and religious fanatic Portia Simpson-Miller up against the studious and sometimes waffler, Bruce Golding. Depending on which pollster we read, all indicators point to a close election result with a tie possible.
If we examine the trend of election results across the Caribbean this year, it is no secret why Prime Minister Arthur will be monitoring the Jamaica results with a keen interest. In the Bahamas, Hubert Graham turned the tables on Christie against the odds, so too did Sir John Compton in St. Lucia where he was able to beat the incumbent Kenneth Anthony. If this trend continues and Golding is able to win it would no doubt send shivers down the back of Arthur, members of parliament like Barney Lynch, Gline “Wuk Fuh Wuk” Clarke and Jerome Walcott could even break-out in cold sweat.
We will reserve comments until after the election. BU join with Barbadians to wish our Jamaican brothers and sisters a safe election.
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