KINGSTON, Jamaica – Opposition Leader Andrew Holness has urged “Labourites” to reach out to uncommitted voters, “who can impact the political landscape in a significant way”.

“The Jamaica Labour Party must make itself the home that receives the support of the uncommitted voter,” he told supporters at a divisional conference in the Southern Manchester community of Grove Town on Sunday.

“The Jamaica Labour Party must shape itself into the political organization that best represents the views, dreams and aspirations of Jamaicans who are frustrated with the political process. And what I have been doing, quietly, studiously and diligently, is to create a set of young people in the party who represent that vision,” he said.

“I say to those who participate all the time, reach out.  Reach out to those who are frustrated. Hold their hand. Talk to them and bring them to the JLP.  Make those who didn’t vote get up on election day and decide to change the way things operate in this country,” he added.

The Opposition Leader also urged persons who do not participate in the electoral process to get off the fence and make their voices heard, “because a no vote is, in effect, a vote for things to remain as they are”.

Balford Henry