PNP expels three more members following nomination day activities
Published:Friday | February 9, 2024 | 1:34 PM
The People's National Party (PNP) has expelled three more of its members after they were nominated to run as independent candidates in the upcoming local government elections.
It was reported earlier that Uphel Purcell, who was nominated in the York Town Division in Clarendon, had been notified about the termination of his membership on Thursday evening.
On Friday, the PNP announced that Lydia Richards of the Bensonton Division in St Ann, Lawton McKenzie of the Grange Hill Division in Westmoreland and Beverley Swaby of the Porus Division in Manchester have also been expelled.
"This decision aligns with Rule 263 of the Party's Constitution, which explicitly states, 'No person who has contested a seat in the House of Representatives or for any Municipality, or as a candidate in opposition to the People's National Party, may continue as a member of the Party,'" the PNP stated in a media release.
The PNP said it anticipates the decisive victory of Clovis Gohagen in Bensonton, Warren Lyttleton in Grange Hill, Peta-Gaye Blake-Campbell in Porus and Anthony Davis in York Town on February 26.
Follow The Gleaner on X and Instagram @JamaicaGleaner and on Facebook @GleanerJamaica. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-876-499-0169 or email us at onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com or editors@gleanerjm.com.