KINGSTON, Jamaica – Incumbent Vice-President of the People’s National Party (PNP) Angela Brown Burke, who is vying to remain the position, says she is touching base and having discussions with other leaders and delegates across the island.

“What I’m doing now as you would expect, I am going across the island constituency by constituency, region by region, touching base with individuals who are there who are leaders and delegates and we are having discussions.”

Brown Burke said that the discussions are centred on the leadership of the PNP, her role in the past and how she may assist going forward in terms of being a part of the leadership.

“When you are in Opposition you have to do both, especially after a defeat like this, you have to look internally to see what it is you have been doing right, that you need to continue, what it is that you did not do right that need some changes and adjustment,” Brown Burke said.

She added: “You can’t take your eyes off what is happening in the country because individuals are looking to you, a political party, for leadership and for advice and keeping the government true to its promises and to the ideals of government in making sure that the more vulnerable are protected. So we have to whistle and ride.”

The run-off for the Vice presidency positions is slated to take place at the party’s annual September conference. Brown-Burke will go up against two other sitting VPs, Dr Fenton Ferguson and Noel Arscott, and Lisa Hanna and Dr Wykeham McNeill.