PNP Approves Shanique Myrie For Olympic Gardens Seat

Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who won her free move­ment case against Barbados has now been approved by the People’s National Party (PNP) to rep­re­sent the Olympic Gardens Division in St Andrew in the next local gov­ern­ment elections.

PNP General Secretary Paul Burke says Myrie was approved by the PNP’s National Executive Committee fol­low­ing a rec­om­men­da­tion by the lead­er­ship of the polit­i­cal divi­sion. “The Regional Executive Committee came with the name and there was no objec­tion,” said Burke. However, he notes that all posi­tions will be under review until the day of nom­i­na­tion for the elec­tions. In June, when she sub­mit­ted her appli­ca­tion, Myrie told The Gleaner that she has always want­ed to enter rep­re­sen­ta­tion­al pol­i­tics to make a change in the lives of res­i­dents “neglect­ed” by their polit­i­cal rep­re­sen­ta­tives. “It’s a Labourite seat and in my com­mu­ni­ty, the peo­ple hard­ly get any­thing and many kids, old­er peo­ple need help. I want to make a change”, said Myrie. The Jamaica Labour Party’s Christopher Townsend cur­rent­ly rep­re­sents the Olympic Garden’s Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Corporation. Local gov­ern­ment elec­tions which were due by June 30 this year, have been delayed by up to December 29, 2016.
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