CLARENDON, Jamaica — Bettina Hill of the Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) was officially nominated on Monday to contest the Clarendon Central seat in the September 3 general election.

Hill, who likened herself to the biblical figure Job, expressed confidence in her ability to challenge the country’s two major political parties.

“I am like Job. He is simple, he has a lot of confidence. We believe in Christ, it’s a faith-based party so I am like Job,” she said.

The JPP candidate highlighted the financial struggles many Jamaicans face and pledged to be a voice for the underprivileged.

“The struggle is real. That’s my motto. If you are not in the struggle you can never talk about reality. I am a mother and grandmother so I know where it is coming from for who don’t have it to send their kids to school because it is very hard and the leadership for the PNP and the Labourite. I will try my best to find a way out for the less fortunate that they can have more education,” she said.

Hill pointed to crime and education as two key areas she intends to address if elected.

She will face off against the People’s National Party’s Carla Watt and the Jamaica Labour Party’s Delroy Williams for the seat that has been held by the JLP for decades.

Vivian Buckley, one of the four supporters who accompanied Hill to the nomination centre, shared his confidence in her campaign.

“I am very confident that she will make it because she is jovial. The JLP and PNP, they only make promises. From how long I am living on Sevens Road, there is no road. They tell you they going to come and fix. In my decision right now, I think she will be a better person because she don’t make promises — it’s commitment — and they do what they have to do. As much as the funds is not there as yet, but as soon as they become government, they will do what the other party make promises,” he said.