PNP supporters told to prepare for polls
SUPPORTERS of the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) were on Sunday given the clearest indication that a general election could be called before the end of the year.
Addressing party supporters at a constituency conference in the parish of St Mary, Finance Minister Dr Peter Phillips told the crowd to “get ready!”.
“December will mark the fourth year since the last general election. I would say to anyone with a lamp, put a little oil in your lamp. Get yourselves ready…Get ready, are you ready for Comrade Portia Simpson Miller to [blow] the trumpet once again?” he said.
In the last general election held in 2011, the PNP won 42 seats and the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party secured 21.
A general election is constitutionally due by December 2016, but can be extended by three months.
— CMC
