Andrew Holness is Person of the Decade
Published:Thursday | January 2, 2020 | 12:17 AM
THE EDITOR, Madam:
A new decade has begun.
When I look back at the past decade, Prime Minister Andrew Holness is clearly the Person of the Decade .
Andrew Holness started the decade as education minister, and has ended it being an elected prime minister. When Andrew Holness was selected to be prime minister of Jamaica in late 2011, some were surprised. He became Jamaica’s youngest prime minister. The road wasn’t so smooth for the young Andrew Holness, as he lost the general election to Portia Simpson Miller in a landslide and suffered a humiliating defeat in the locals. His leadership was challenged in 2013, and faced opposition from within up until late 2015.
HIS TRANSFORMATION
In 2016, Jamaica saw a different Andrew Holness – a more mature and charismatic leader . He transformed the way politicians use social media, and many credit social media for his surprise 2016 victory over Portia Simpson Miller. Also, he should be credited on how to run a campaign on message and substance in the form of the 10-point plan.
He’s known as the builder due to his infrastructure prowess. We are having historically low unemployment rate under his administration. We are still fiscally sound and responsible.
He’s having an impact in the region and on the international scene as a great prime minister and a leader.
For the next decade, I hope his legacy is to let us sleep with our doors and windows open through an annual crime rate of under 500. Also, I hope that in the next decade he will be the man who is strict on corruption.
Other persons who were in contention for person of the decade were clearly Usain Bolt and Vybz Kartel.
Teddylee Gray
Ocho Rios, St Ann