PAJ presidential candidate Buckley woos the west tonight
MONTEGO BAY, St James –
The Press Association of Jamaica’s (PAJ) Secretary Byron Buckley will meet with members of western Jamaica’s media fraternity tonight at Margaritaville with a view to strengthening his bid for the organisation’s presidency.
The move, which is part of an aggressive campaign to topple incumbent PAJ President Desmond Richards on July 27 when the organisation’s polls fall due, will see Buckley, an associate editor at the Gleaner company, presenting his vision for a new PAJ.
Established in 1943, the PAJ is supposed to represent the interest of media workers here.
Buckley, who has engaged the Gleaner’s senior tourism writer, Janet Silvera, to manage the western leg of his campaign, is expected to woo support through a manifesto which promises to reposition the PAJ as the premier professional body representing the interests of media workers.
“Byron is a breath of fresh air. He’s looking to address a number of concerns that freelancers have been having… His mandate is to enhance and bring the PAJ to another level and that’s what everyone, especially western Jamaica needs,” she told the Observer West.
