Politics
PNP reveals pillars for progress
PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER says the People’s National Party (PNP) has resisted the temptation of offering election-oriented policies in a bid to return to state power.Speaking during the launch of the party’s Progressive…
Portia Simpson Miller (pictured), says the People’s National Party (PNP) has resisted the temptation of offering election-oriented policies in a bid to return to state power.
Speaking during the launch of the party’s Progressive Agenda at The Courtleigh Auditorium in New Kingston last night, the PNP president said the policy mixes contained in the document are aimed at fulfilling the mission Norman Manley spoke of in his last address to the party’s conference in 1968.
“We have realized political independence now for almost 50 years. However, as Norman Manley said, the task ahead is to achieve economic independence. The ideas contained in this document will take us onward and forward to achieving that target,” Simpson Miller said in the packed auditorium, with dozens locked out because there was no space in the room.
Manley, the first president of the PNP, said the mission of his generation was to win self-government for Jamaica. He also said the mission of the generation which succeeded him was “reconstructing the social and economic society and life of Jamaica”.
