ElectionWatch: Meadows 'matured from green to ripe’

Councillor candidate for Trelawny Northern, Dennis Meadows, has taken a jab at those criticising his switch from the Jamaica Labour Party [JLP], to the People's National Party. 

“Mark Golding is one of the reasons, if not the biggest reason I chose to mature from green to ripe,” Meadows said, to which the crowd gave thunderous cheers of approval.

“It was Mark Golding, among other things, that informed my decision to mature from green to ripe, and right now I am ripe for victory.”

He was addressing PNP supporters in Falmouth, Trelawny on Wednesday evening, hours before Thursday’s nomination exercise for councillors ahead of the February 26 local government election.

“It was not God’s will for me to be a JLP Member of Parliament. God said, ‘My son, if you want to have progress, join the PNP and become a PNP Member of Parliament,’” Meadows told the crowd amid loud cheers of support.

Meadows joined the PNP’s ranks in July 2022, after his departure from the JLP which took effect on March 24 that year. At that time, senior PNP members Mark Campbell and Reverend Owen Wilson voiced reservations about Meadows’ entry into the party, with Wilson citing Meadows’ three failed attempts to win Trelawny Northern for the JLP.

 - Christopher Thomas

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