Someone or a large number of persons are scared shitless of the possible inclusion of Danville Walker on the JLP ticket. I say possible because up to the time of writing, Mr.Walker was still the Commissioner of Customs and as far as I know, there is a selection process. Having said that, so what if he's selected as most of us believe he will be? There is a talk show host on Nationwide Radio who has been griping about this for days. He has stopped just short of questioning Mr. Walker's integrity and is sometimes perilously close to the edge. Luckily he's a lawyer and I am guessing that he knows how far he can push that envelope. His and some of his callers claim that The Electoral Office is been brought into disrepute is pure poppycock or better yet, politics. Where is it written in the constitution or even the bylaws governing the Electoral Office that a former director, having left that post and served elswhere cannot or should not run for representational office? Would the same bellyaching be present if in fact Mr. Walker had thrown his hat in the PNP ring? Somehow I doubt it...

Let's look at the history...under that same Electoral Office, the PNP under the direction of the Most Hon. Percival James Paterson won four consecutive terms and when The Hon. Portia Simpson Miller took over, she actually went all out for the fifth term. That didn't happen and now it is being suggested by the ramblings of the c and d class students in the party that Mr. Walker somehow amidst all the other members of the Electoral Commission gave the election to the JLP...WoW!
As a voter who have in the past supported all three parties, The PNP, NDM and JLP, I make no apology for calling out the political hacks who would see the process derailed as long as it ends in their favour. In the last election, many supporters of the PNP did not vote and those who were borderline actually voted for the JLP. This is exactly how the sytem should work in a society that is suppose to be intellegent but tell that to the diehards. Every Jamaican has a right and an obligation to support the party of their own choosing and a duty to vote on election day. Those who standby and bellyache should be ignored having failed to do their civic duty. If the Jamaican population feel that its time to return the PNP to power, the so be it. However, it is high time the PNP realize that Jamaicans are a lot more informed today than they were twenty years ago and in fact the very PNP should take some credit for that having deregulated the entire media and communication landscape. As a Mandeville man, I want to see effective representation for the people of Manchester and if the current MP is in doubt of his viability in that once pristine town, then it would be nobody's fault but his own...Let the games begin and the chips will fall where they may...Hooray for Democracy...