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October 16, 2014

‘No wonder the darn engine is not performing as well’

JAMAICA Observer online readers have criticised Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller over her declaration that she’s confident her People’s National Party will win both upcoming local government and general elections. Simpson Miller made the statement while addressing supporters at Sunday’s closing of the party’s 76th annual conference. Here are some edited comments:

jayjayja

Proof the PNP is the best party to ruin Jamaica taken from the PM speech. “We are cleaning up the carburettor, we are changing out the air filter, we are dressing up the vehicle.”

The PM is still back in in 1980s when cars used carburettors. It’s no wonder the darn engine is not performing as well as it should and is so inefficient .

Gee Scott

@jayjayja: The PM is still back in in 1980s when car used carburettors. It’s no wonder the darn engine is not performing as well as it should and is so inefficient . Hence me DWL. Haven’t heard of carburettors in 20 years — the number [of years] this Government has held office.

MV65

@jayjayja: You just hit the nail on the head.

mccormacklindel

Talking about counting your chickens before they hatch. I am almost sure had it not been for the free ride to Kingston most of the attendees could not find the fares by themselves. But yet these same people were endorsing the PM’s message that their lives are improving. Are people that dumb?

Naw-Change-Course

@mccormacklindel: This is happening for real! So, a high level of dumbness is at play here, very evidently.

John Wits

Crowd looks sparse though. Probably the die-hards are starting to see out of neutral colour glasses. Seems like the only box ticked in this PNP admin is ‘election ready’. What about the Chik-V outbreak and the threat of Ebola disease?

XAMYCA

@John Wits: Not true. The crowd was outside dancing, drinking and eating… anything for a “meal”.

guest

The PM may as well tell the people that the Gov’t is trying to earn revenue and generate jobs and economic growth by playing Lotto with taxpayers money.

Gee Scott

@guest: More like a pyramid scheme to me.

CHUCK EMANUEL Original

Let’s see if the Honourable Portia Simpson Miller will call a news conference to shed more light on her speech.

Demusone

I was walking on water yesterday listening to the PM’s speech. I thought to myself, anything is possible, even the PNP winning the next local government election.

NejeeperKNG

“Comrades, 2016 is not far away. We are not ready yet to step on the gas pedal, but we are tuning up the engine, we are cleaning up the carburettor”. This is more evidence that the PNP is outdated and is running on a foundation that needs to be demolished and rebuilt.

MV65

@NejeeperKNG: Spot on! Absolutely spot on! Couldn’t agree more.

Kris Lemonius

People’s National Party — “doing less things with more money” — spoken like a true prime minister.

Hayila

@Kris Lemonius: And the people cheered. I wonder if anyone had the nerve to point this out to her.

bobo

I can bet if you had asked all the people attending that event to spell government, more than half would have missed out the ‘n’.

Craig Mahabeer

I Really like how the PM and by extension the PNP is “doing less with more money”. Seems someone messed up with preparing the speech and poor madam PM didn’t even realise and attempt to correct.

MachoMan

It’s time for Jamaica to invite the ‘diaspora’ to vote in future elections.

hope2013

If I were Portia or the PNP I would not brag. Listening to her one would think that we are living in paradise… well, technically we are, but they have turned it into a living hell.

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