FIGHT FOR ‘Get rid of Trump’: Williams
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bloody, violence-prone 1980 elections
51-9 when there were 60 constituencies.
The party reorganized quickly and
was back in government at the next
contest.
Respected political analyst Mark
Wignall said Golding will walk away
with the contest as he appears to have a
better grasp of the issues. He also contends
that the PNP must elect someone
with the ability to fight the JLP and lead
the country in the future.
“There is no way that a party that fell
to the devils of divisiveness and endless
factionalism can dare to present a candidate
in Lisa Hanna, whose words are
promising us that she is better suited
to bring an end to such political bitterness.
Are we joking”? Wignall asked in a
recent column. He also contended that
some elements in PNP were trying to
install a young person just for the sake
of it, to match Holness at 48 just for
the sake of youth over leadership abilities.
That would be a political mistake
he said.
“As I have said before, so far, what
we have heard from both camps are
words. In judging those words, Golding
not only sounds believable but actually
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comes across as engaging and anything
but boring. It is obvious that he
understands his role and the duty that
brought him to this point.
He says that Hanna has unity issues
in her own constituency and is not
quite ready for the big stage.
“It is not a secret that Hanna has
been a divisive element in her constituency
to the point that at one stage,
there was almost an open revolt by her
councilors. In a race for PNP president,
one would expect that all of the candidates
would at the very least have
the support of their own councilors.
The councilors would then be able to
present the groups and delegates to the
aspirant on a platter.”
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the flood of voters.
“Across the city, thousands of people
waited hours in line to cast their ballot
on the first day of early voting. This
demonstrates energy, enthusiasm and
engagement from New York voters. The
turnout today surprised and inspired
me,” Williams, the son of Grenadian
immigrants, told Caribbean Life late
Saturday.
“While long lines are a sign of civic
pride and determination, they are also
a sign that we may need to open additional
sites in the future to meet the
demand of the electorate,” he added.
“The administration (City of New York)
and Board of Elections must monitor
the next couple of days very closely.
“Thankfully, there are nine days
remaining, including another weekend
to vote early,” Williams continued. “I
encourage New Yorkers to take advantage
of this opportunity to cast your
ballot at the best time for you, while
also reducing the expected strain on the
system Nov. 3.
“This is our opportunity to vote for
a government that reflects and represents
the needs of our communities,”
he said.
But, even as some of them are running
in uncontested races in the Nov.
3 general elections, Caribbean American
legislators in New York have been
urging nationals to vote in what they
describe as, perhaps, the most important
US Presidential Elections in their
life time.
“In our lifetimes, we have heard
before, ‘this is the most important election
ever’, but never has this been truer
than this 2020 election,” said veteran
New York State Democratic Assemblyman
Nick Perry, the Jamaican-born
Democratic representative for the 58th
Assembly District in Brooklyn, in a Caribbean
Life interview.
“I firmly believe that four more years
of (President Donald J.) Trump in the
White House will see the destruction
of America’s democracy, as we know it,
and as the founding fathers tried to create,”
added Perry, who is running unopposed
in the Nov. 3 general elections.
“After only four years, one would have
to be totally blind to not see and hear
the awful noise of the breaks and cracks
of our Democratic system of government
that no one imagined could have
occurred.
“I urge everyone to not only vote for
Joe Biden for President but to continue
down the ballot on the Democratic line
and create not a blue wave but a blue
tsunami that will reverberate across the
nation,” he urged.
On Saturday, tens of thousands of
Caribbean and other New Yorkers flooded
polling sites throughout the city and
waited hours in long lines to cast their
vote.
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