Portia tells why

“…She (Simpson Miller) would have been supporting me because we have worked together over the years in the party. She has seen the kind of leader that I am. She knows that I am a leader of principle and also that I am an inclusive leader in the sense that I don’t have all the answers. I am not the person who is going to insist that it is my way or the highway, but that in fact I listen and I am willing to learn and that I am also able to make sure that there is balance in the room,” the PNP vice-president said.

She suggested that a conflict could arise when the candidate selected for the job once represented a division in the constituency and is later faced with representing all three divisions. The transition, she said, might be difficult.

Meanwhile, the party said at a news conference at PNP headquarters in Kingston that 1,927 delegates are eligible to vote in the selection exercise slated for Sunday.

Source: The Jamaica Observer