Hanover, Jamaica (McKoy’s Information) – Andrea Purkiss, Folks’s Nationwide Get together (PNP) candidate for Japanese Hanover, is urging residents to reject any makes an attempt by the Jamaica Labour Get together (JLP) to purchase votes forward of the following normal election.
Talking at a divisional assembly in Chester Citadel, Hanover, on Thursday evening, Purkiss made it clear that her marketing campaign can be grounded in honesty, integrity, and neighborhood illustration.
The Japanese Hanover seat, as soon as held by the late Dr. DK Duncan beneath the PNP from 2007, shifted in 2016 when Dave Hume Brown of the JLP defeated PNP candidate Wynter McIntosh. Purkiss now seeks to reclaim the constituency for the PNP, emphasizing her native roots and lived expertise within the space.
In her handle, Purkiss additionally outlined the PNP’s dedication to staff’ rights, pledging {that a} PNP authorities would guarantee civil servants are paid for additional time work. Whereas the present labour legal guidelines already make provision for compensation past the 40-hour work week, she argued that enforcement and accountability have been missing beneath the JLP administration.
The assembly types a part of a wider mobilisation effort throughout Japanese Hanover because the PNP intensifies groundwork forward of the upcoming polls.
