Montague: No election until JLP internal groundwork is complete

Prime Minister Andrew Holness will not call a general election until the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has completed its internal preparations, party chairman Robert Montague declared on Sunday.

Speaking at a constituency conference in St Catherine East Central, Montague emphasized that while the general election is due by the end of the year, the party is taking a methodical approach to ensure every aspect of its campaign machinery is in place before Holness makes the call.

“Labourites as we prepare for the third term, a whole heap a people a run up on down and we want to say keep calm because your party is slowly getting ready,” he said.

Montague made it clear that the readiness of each polling division (PD) is a non-negotiable step in the process.

“We cannot be ready until every PD is ready until every cluster is ready, so we want every worker to make sure that dem complete them canvass,” he added.