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Emancipendence, then what?
Friday, July 30, 2021
AS we approach yet another historic milestone in our continuing path of nationhood, with respect to our Emancipation and Independence celebrations, one may be tempted to opine that stock Hollywood quip with much gusto, which says: “You've come a long way, baby!” But, have we? And are we truly independent? Are we truly emancipated?
Even as we mark Jamaica's 59th birthday as an independent nation in song and dance, beyond the “jump and prance” is the harsh reality that the country's revered democratic way of life is being threatened by the capitulation of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) into the political wilderness. Despite its enviable longevity as the oldest political movement in the English-speaking Caribbean and Latin America, after some 83 years, the PNP is being haunted by internal strife that seems unending.