Individuals’s Nationwide Get together (PNP) president Mark Golding has signaled his intention to stay on the helm of the social gathering, declaring that he’ll proceed to serve so long as members keep confidence in his management.
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Talking at a PNP post-election occasion on Thursday, Golding stated all however one of many 28 elected MPs — the exception being abroad — have signed a letter affirming their assist for him as Opposition Chief. He confused that his dedication to Jamaica and the PNP stays agency.
“So far, the entire MPs who’ve been elected … have signed a letter confirming their confidence in me and their need for me to stay as Chief of the Opposition,” Golding stated. “I’m prepared to proceed, and plan to proceed, to serve my nation via the political course of as chief of the Individuals’s Nationwide Get together.”
The remarks got here in response to questions on whether or not he would resign following the September 3 common election, which noticed the Jamaica Labour Get together (JLP) safe 35 of the 63 parliamentary seats, in comparison with the PNP’s 28. Golding argued the consequence represented progress, noting the social gathering had doubled its presence in Parliament from 14 seats within the final time period.
Golding acknowledged that previous social gathering leaders have both stepped apart after electoral defeat or chosen to remain on, however insisted his focus is on constructing on the features made within the 2025 elections.
PNP Normal Secretary Dr. Dayton Campbell additionally pushed again towards criticisms of the social gathering’s efficiency, mentioning that JLP chief Andrew Holness didn’t resign after dropping to Portia Simpson Miller in 2011. He reminded the general public that Holness had even confronted a no-confidence letter from almost half of his MPs on the time.
Campbell additional challenged ideas that the JLP’s third consecutive win was historic, arguing that Jamaica had seen such dominance earlier than below PNP chief P.J. Patterson within the Nineties and early 2000s.
