People's National Party candidates for the parish council divisions in the St. James Central constituency. From third left are Sylvan Reid, Salt Spring Division, Member of Parliament Lloyd B. Smith, Suzette Brown, Montego Bay South and Pastor Knollis
Adrian Frater, News Editor
WESTERN BUREAU:
There is high energy in the parish of Hanover with just under two hours to go before the close of nomination centres, as the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) and the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) prepare to do battle in the March 26 Local Government elections.
Despite her defeat in the recent General Election, the JLP Eastern Hanover caretaker Paula Kerr-Jarrett says she is confident that her party will do well in all three divisions – Chester Castle, Hopewell and Sandy Bay.
The three JLP candidates, she accompanied to the nomination centre at the Sandy Bay Court House, were all nominated before midday.
They are: first-timers Devon Brown, who is running for the Hopewell Division, Stacia McNish representing Sandy Bay, and Melville Archer representing Chester Castle.
“We will be doing what we need to do to win,” said Kerr-Jarrett.
“We are getting a lot of positive feedback and we are quite confident that we will win.”
The PNP, which was recently plagued by candidate selection problems in the Sandy Bay Division, is also exuding confidence that its candidates will come out on top on Election Day.
The party, whose candidate are to be nominated soon are: Lucea’s Mayor, incumbent Lloyd Hill, representing the Sandy Bay Division, Eric Foster representing the Hopewell Division and Wynter McIntosh representing Chester Castle.
The PNP currently holds the Hanover Parish Council and won both eastern and western Hanover in the December 29, 2011 General Election.
