KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) candidate for Eastern St Thomas, Delano Seiveright, has again called for an urgent meeting with both the Commissioner of Police and the Political Ombudsman to discuss political tensions in the constituency.

Seiveright yesterday released to the press copies of a letter he dispatched to both Police Commissioner Carl Williams and Political Ombudsman Donna Parchment Brown on Saturday, bringing to their attention more “dangerous political intimidation concerns” raised in the constituency during a tour by a JLP motorcade led by Leader of the Opposition, Andrew Holness on the same day.

He listed a number of incidents during the motorcade as it traversed the Bath community, including the presence of Mayor and Councillor for the Bath Division, Ludlow Mathison, when JLP supporters contend that a tractor was used to obstruct the motorcade immediately after Holness and his security team passed through that area.

“Realising that no vehicles could be seen immediately behind us after crossing the major bridge leading in and out of Bath, members of Holness’ police team had to turn back to assess the situation. The road was subsequently cleared and the motorcade resumed,” Seiveright said.

He said that, after departing the Bath area, people travelling with the motorcade alleged that a firearm was pulled on them by another People’s National Party (PNP) councillor. Seiveright said in his letter that this has happened months after expressing concerns about the same Councillor’s behaviour in Airy Castle.

He had made a similar requests for increased security of the police and the political ombudsman exactly a week ago when he alleged that he was threatened by armed men during a reported stand-off  between JLP and PNP supporters.

“In light of these and other developments I am calling for an urgent meeting with the Police High Command and the Political Ombudsman.This meeting is critical to ensuring the security of residents in Bath, Airy Castle and other troubled districts in and around the Bath community,” Seiveright wrote.

He also called for the increased presence of the police in and around the Bath and Airy Castle communities on Election Day.

— Balford Henry