St Bess vendors stick with incumbent

Shrimp vendor Sharon Ball, who operates from the popular rest stop in Middle Quarters Square in St Elizabeth South West, believes People’s National Party (PNP) candidate Ewan Stephenson is fighting a losing battle in a bid to unseat his rival, Floyd Green.

Roads, water and electricity supply, and Internet access are the centrepiece of Green’s work, she says.

“It couldn’t be better. They have been doing a lot!” Ball said.

“We nuh short a nutten inna dis ya constituency,” Ball added, pointing to the hills from the town square.

Ball claimed that although she has lived all her life in constituency and has been selling shrimp for more than three decades, she did not know the PNP candidate, Ewan Stephenson, and had never seen him before.

The 53-year-old vendor told The Gleaner she was hopeful that Green will be stepping up the representation in his next term for the betterment of the constituency, which, she said, had long been neglected.

“Mr Green haffi win back! Him a do too much things fi nuh win back,” she said, as she rejected suggestions that the PNP could take it back from the controls of the JLP.

It was at that time another vendor who sells corn and soup chimed in, supporting Ball, that the JLP would indeed win the seat.

“Tell dem weh Cornie seh. ‘JLP a go win back.’ Me know election,” he said.