Dear Editor,

I want to share my experience following my attending the JLP delegates’ conference on the weekend.

Even though I was mysteriously left off the voters’ list and replaced by some girl probably just turning 20 years old with no knowledge of anything but a good party, I decided to attend nonetheless.

What jumped out at me at the conference was the difference between the average Holness supporter and the average Shaw supporters.

Holness supporters seemed more to reflect the rougher edges of the urban inner-city demographic and were far more vocal and aggressive in their posture.

Shaw supporters, on the other hand, tended to be more of a healthy mix of middle class, inner-city and rural. A number of prominent businessmen were also there observing. In all they are more conservative and most were eager to go home after voting.

I also recall large buses filled with persons who were frighteningly intimidating, some with shirts covering their faces, entering the compound to the objection of police and security personnel on hand. With Mr Holness in front of that crowd they punched through Mr Shaw’s more conservative crowd and disrupted voting on the grounds.

As I reminisce on the happening I realised that this country has gone to the dogs. Beyond that, the Mr Shaws, Dr Peter Phillipses and Dr Chris Tuftons of this nation have no chance of leading. Bhuttoism and thuggery is now the order day.

The actions of Mr Holness following his win have only reinforced this. Essentially, pushing for senators to resign and forming a shadow cabinet filled with dinosaurs and lacking in any serious intellectual capacity is bound to result in doom for the JLP.

Mr Holness, unlike Mrs Simpson Miller, thinks he can win the next election with just half the party, not even realising that the party is already half a party.

I am so depressed about everything.

Dania Hendricks

Kingston 19