Councillor for the Trafalgar Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation Kari Douglas has switched her allegiance from the People’s National Party (PNP) to the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

Douglas crossed the floor in the Council on Tuesday (Feb 11), effectively giving the JLP the majority vote in that corporation. She was welcomed by the JLP councillors singing the JLP’s theme song.

IF JAH IS STANDING BY MY SIDE. 😇😇😇 — Robert Nesta Morgan (@NestaJA)

IF JAH IS STANDING BY MY SIDE. 😇😇😇 — Robert Nesta Morgan (@NestaJA) pic.twitter.com/rl0wrDTNGNFebruary 11, 2020

Kari Douglas sporting the JLP colours.

Douglas in a statement remarked that the People’s National Party (PNP) was only interested in winning the next election and not thinking about national development and listening to the people and creating policies to meet those needs. She further chided her former political party for not listening to young people.

View this post on Instagram BREAKING: Councillor #KariDouglas has walked out of the PNP & joined the JLP. Douglas has issued statement with damning assessment of the state of affairs the PNP & is lauding PM Holness for his leadership of Jamaica. Her move means JLP majority in the KSAMC now increased by 1.A post shared by Nationwide 90FM (@nationwide90fm) on Feb 11, 2020 at 7:41am PST

However, in terms of her move, it seems that Prime Minister Andrew Holness was a big influence as she credited him with doing a great job in leading the country and his approach to hold public officials accountable if they step out of line.