Politics
Jamaica: Opposition JLP leader, Andrew Holness lays out his vision in preparation for 2012 election
Jamaica Labor Party leader Andrew Holness. PHOTO/File
Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) Leader Andrew Holness, yesterday declared that the 2016 election campaign would begin immediately to replace the Portia Simpson-Miller administration.
Holness, who has been criticised for a lacklustre leadership style, lashed out at the Simpson-Miller administration for the deteriorating economy, blaming it on the delay in implementing structural reform measures and signing of a new pact with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Holness, addressing party the faithful for the first time since his devastating losses in the general and local government elections in December last year, seemed a lot more confident, passionate and resolute as he addressed the current pressures facing the nation.
“We don’t intend to start campaigning a year before election is due. The political campaign starts now,” Holness told hundreds of fired up JLP delegates crowded into the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, for their scaled-down 69th annual conference.