SPANISH TOWN, St Catherine – Chaplain of the St Catherine Parish Council Rev Terrence Brown has prophesied that a number of senior members of parliament have been rejected by God and will lose their seats in the upcoming general elections.

God, he said, has rejected the politicians because they abdicated their responsibilities to serve the needs of their constituents and failed to abide by His rules.

“A number of veteran MPs and councillors who are very confident will not retain their seats. It will be a big surprise and a shock to the nation,” Brown warned councillors while conducting devotion at the monthly general meeting of the council last Thursday.

“Many of these politicians have failed the people and are not carrying out their responsibilities as they ought to. They have sunk the country into social decadence and degradation, and that is why God Himself has made the rejection.”

He said that traditionally the seats held by senior MPs were considered safe, and losing them would be a serious shock to the nation.

The evangelist later told the Observer that God did not reveal to him how many seats would be involved, but said the loss would be felt by both major parties.

Brown warned that the councillors too would be rejected if they failed to improve the management of the public’s affairs.

Scolding delinquent councillors, he said he was aware of their deficiencies, because residents were complaining that their social needs were not being met as amenities such as lights, roads, adequate water supply and proper drainage were below the required standard.

Brown, immediate past chairman of the Spanish Town Ministers’ Fraternal and current pastor of the Holiness Christian Church in Ensom City, said every councillor and MP was called by God to serve. “No man, be he an MP or councillor, can be placed anywhere without God placing him there, and that is why God is making the selection,” he said.

Councillors at the meeting appeared uncomfortable during Brown’s address. However, the chaplain told the Observer that he was committed to speak, as the situation was becoming more urgent in light of the upcoming elections.

He said the multi-denominational ministers’ fraternal was planning to invite the 18 MPs and caretaker candidates as well as the 40 parish councillors in St Catherine to a conciliatory day of prayer to prepare them for the election.