Prime Minister Bruce Golding, and leader of the Jamaica Labour Party
(JLP), will not be seeking re-election at the party's annual general
conference in November and will step down as prime minister as soon as a
new leader has been elected.
In a statement from the JLP on Sunday afternoon through Information Minister
Daryl Vaz, the party said Golding conveyed this decision to the party's
Central Executive at its quarterly meeting held at Belmont Road today.
“Golding said he had planned to lead the party into a second term of
government and demit office within two years thereafter. He said the
challenges of the last four years have taken their toll and it was
appropriate now to make way for new leadership to continue the
programmes of economic recovery and transformation while mobilising the
party for victory in the next general elections,” the statement said.
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