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The United States Embassy in Kingston was blunt and damning in its criticism of Portia Simpson Miller's leadership of the People's National Party (PNP) less than six months after the party was booted from office in the 2007 general election. Link to story: http://bit.ly/jQhfF2In a March 2008 diplomatic cable sent to Washington from Kingston, local embassy officials charged that the lack of coherent leadership on the part of Simpson Miller had left the "once-vibrant party ... in shambles".
The cable was caustic as it claimed the PNP appeared to be "lost at sea and still unable to come to terms with its fall from power"."The party of Norman and Michael Manley has come a long way from its humble beginnings before the Independence of Jamaica," the cable said."In late 2006, it seemed that the country was headed to another term of PNP rule, and the JLP (Jamaica Labour Party) was the party on the brink.
Now, as the scandals mount and the leadership fractures, the PNP appears to be a sinking ship with no captain at the helm," added the cable.But the majority of PNP delegates obviously did not agreewith the embassy as months later 2,332 of a total of 4,291 delegates voted for Simpson Miller to continue her presidency while her challenger, Dr Peter Phillips, received 1,959 votes.
Even now, senior PNP officials are adamant that Simpson Miller continues to have the backing of the delegates.PNP Chairman Robert Pickersgill yesterday refused to comment on the diplomatic cable, but another official argued that "the US was wrong then and, if it has the same opinion now, it would be wrong today".
The official who requested that his name be withheld said the PNP has rebounded significantly under Simpson Miller. serious concernsHowever, in the 2008 diplomatic cable titled 'Whither the People's National Party', the US Embassy officials raised serious concerns over the fortunes and future of the PNP."Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, once the darling of the masses, appears to (be in) over her head.
Few of the other senior leaders in the party support her leadership," the cable said in an evaluation of Simpson Miller's performance after her victory in a bruising presidential race in February 2006.According to the cable, the Trafigura and Cuban light-bulb scandals dealt serious blows to Simpson Miller."After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less than six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People's National Party machine.
The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election continues to embarrass itself," the cable said.The cable cited a number of scandals which came to light during the PNP's 18 consecutive years in power, namely Trafigura, Sandals Whitehouse, the cement fiasco (the release of 500 tonnes of faulty cement which it said crippled the booming construction industry as a result of shortages) and the Cuban light-bulb scandal, which it said received extensive press coverage."
The scandals combine with the falling fortunes of Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller and three party secretary generals (general secretaries) in as many years have led to the downfall of the PNP, a dispirited party without apparent purpose or direction," read the cable."When the popular former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson turned over the reins of the party and the country to Portia Simpson Miller in 2006, no one foresaw such a rapid fall in the once-popular party," the cable said. poor timing
According to the cable: "Portia Simpson Miller appeared set to lead the PNP to yet another election victory and then Opposition Leader Bruce Golding out of representational politics for good."The cable added: "After all, her popularity rating was soaring (in 2006), as the working class viewed her as an almost messianic figure coming from humble roots to be the first woman prime minister in Jamaica's young history," the cable read."
However, poor timing in calling (or rather not calling) the election, a wave of scandals and an inability to provide coherent leadership in her own party led to a narrow victory for the Jamaica Labour Party and Prime Minister Bruce Golding in September 2007.
Now, six months after the election failure, PSM (Portia Simpson Miller) is seldom seen and even more rarely speaks in public," the US Embassy told Washington.The cable further charged that the fortunes of the PNP were relegated to an occasional op-ed piece by former National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips, or boisterous Budget protests from former Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies.http://bit.ly/jQhfF2
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Confirmed : # Wikileaks cable sugge...) #cablegate...
The United States Embassy in Kingston was blunt and damning in its criticism of Portia Simpson Miller's leadership of the People's National Party (PNP) less than six months after the party was booted from office in the 2007 general election. Link to story: http://bit.ly/jQhfF2In a March 2008 diplomatic cable sent to Washington from Kingston, local embassy officials charged that the lack of coherent leadership on the part of Simpson Miller had left the "once-vibrant party ... in shambles".
The cable was caustic as it claimed the PNP appeared to be "lost at sea and still unable to come to terms with its fall from power"."The party of Norman and Michael Manley has come a long way from its humble beginnings before the Independence of Jamaica," the cable said."In late 2006, it seemed that the country was headed to another term of PNP rule, and the JLP (Jamaica Labour Party) was the party on the brink.
Now, as the scandals mount and the leadership fractures, the PNP appears to be a sinking ship with no captain at the helm," added the cable.But the majority of PNP delegates obviously did not agreewith the embassy as months later 2,332 of a total of 4,291 delegates voted for Simpson Miller to continue her presidency while her challenger, Dr Peter Phillips, received 1,959 votes.
Even now, senior PNP officials are adamant that Simpson Miller continues to have the backing of the delegates.PNP Chairman Robert Pickersgill yesterday refused to comment on the diplomatic cable, but another official argued that "the US was wrong then and, if it has the same opinion now, it would be wrong today".
The official who requested that his name be withheld said the PNP has rebounded significantly under Simpson Miller. serious concernsHowever, in the 2008 diplomatic cable titled 'Whither the People's National Party', the US Embassy officials raised serious concerns over the fortunes and future of the PNP."Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller, once the darling of the masses, appears to (be in) over her head.
Few of the other senior leaders in the party support her leadership," the cable said in an evaluation of Simpson Miller's performance after her victory in a bruising presidential race in February 2006.According to the cable, the Trafigura and Cuban light-bulb scandals dealt serious blows to Simpson Miller."After more than 18 years in power, it has taken less than six months in opposition for the wheels to come off the People's National Party machine.
The party that lost what once had seemed a sure-thing election continues to embarrass itself," the cable said.The cable cited a number of scandals which came to light during the PNP's 18 consecutive years in power, namely Trafigura, Sandals Whitehouse, the cement fiasco (the release of 500 tonnes of faulty cement which it said crippled the booming construction industry as a result of shortages) and the Cuban light-bulb scandal, which it said received extensive press coverage."
The scandals combine with the falling fortunes of Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller and three party secretary generals (general secretaries) in as many years have led to the downfall of the PNP, a dispirited party without apparent purpose or direction," read the cable."When the popular former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson turned over the reins of the party and the country to Portia Simpson Miller in 2006, no one foresaw such a rapid fall in the once-popular party," the cable said. poor timing
According to the cable: "Portia Simpson Miller appeared set to lead the PNP to yet another election victory and then Opposition Leader Bruce Golding out of representational politics for good."The cable added: "After all, her popularity rating was soaring (in 2006), as the working class viewed her as an almost messianic figure coming from humble roots to be the first woman prime minister in Jamaica's young history," the cable read."
However, poor timing in calling (or rather not calling) the election, a wave of scandals and an inability to provide coherent leadership in her own party led to a narrow victory for the Jamaica Labour Party and Prime Minister Bruce Golding in September 2007.
Now, six months after the election failure, PSM (Portia Simpson Miller) is seldom seen and even more rarely speaks in public," the US Embassy told Washington.The cable further charged that the fortunes of the PNP were relegated to an occasional op-ed piece by former National Security Minister Dr Peter Phillips, or boisterous Budget protests from former Finance Minister Dr Omar Davies.http://bit.ly/jQhfF2
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