Well friends, the results are in.
Mrs. Portia Simpson-Miller has been re-elected as the President of the Peoples National Party (PNP).
She received 2,332 delegate votes, 8% more than Dr. Peter Phillips' 1,959 votes.
(This means Mrs. Simpson-Miller received 54% of the votes in comparison to Dr. Phillips' 46% of the votes.)
The four (4) Vice Presidents-Elect and votes obtained, are as follows:
1) Angela Brown Burke - 2562 votes
2) Derrick Kellier - 2302 votes
3) Noel Arscott -2166 votes
4) Fenton Ferguson - 2153 votes
The other candidates got the following votes:
5) Joseph 'Bunny' Whitter - 2037 votes
6) Wykeham McNeill - 2016 votes
7) Sharon Hay-Webster - 1937 votes
8) Harry Douglas - 1722 votes
Girl With a Purpose Blog congratulates Mrs. Simpson-Miller, Mrs. Angela Brown-Burke, Mr. Derrick Kellier, Mr. Noel Arscott and Mr. Fenton Ferguson.
It is our wish as Jamaicans, that all five (5) will initiate moves within the PNP, for unity, so that we can have a viable Opposition in Parliament.
We note that in Mrs. Simpson-Miller's acceptance speech, that the olive branch of peace was not extended to Dr. Phillips and his "Arise and Renew" camp.
But she did say that she will be encouraging unity in the Party.
We definitely hope that this will be so...for the PNP has less than a year to prepare for General Elections which may be called to resolve the Dual Citizenship issues, mentioned in our previous post,found here.
Gillian
Sources Include
1) Television Jamaica, September 20, 2008
2) Nationwide Radio, September 20, 2008
