Politics
Portia Simpson-Miller, will she take Jamaica in a different direction?
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Jamaica Prime Minister., Portia Simpson-Miller
Last month, in an otherwise ordinary election debate, Jamaica’s candidates for prime minister were asked whether they agree with former prime minister Bruce Golding’s infamous stance against having openly gay people in his cabinet.
After then prime minister Andrew Holness of the Jamaican Labor Party (JLP) hedged on the question, opposition leader Portia Simpson-Miller gave an answer previously unthinkable for a Jamaican prime ministerial candidate.
“I do not support the position of the former prime minister, because people should be appointed to positions based on their ability to manage and to lead,” she said. “No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.”
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