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Political commentator Cedric Wilson said the ongoing debates вЂњat best amount to nothing more than vapid religious prattle and pseudo-intellectual drivel and Mrs. Nevertheless, in a society that is 90 percent African-originated, we like to self-ridicule the вЂobeahphiliacsвЂ™,вЂќ he said. вЂњIf one believes in God, then it is easy to accept the existence of duppies. Orville Taylor, a senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies. вЂњThere is a thin line, if any, between religion and superstition,вЂќ said Dr.

This opened a whole new can of worms, with commentators saying that she had invoked both religion and astrology to ensure victory. Simpson Miller is allegedly obsessed with the number seven, and just days after the election date was set, some political pundits вЂњdiscoveredвЂќ that the number of days spanning the announcement and the election were equal to seven squared. вЂњBy calling an early election, by setting the date seven weeks away, she has effectively surrendered one of the most effective tools in the arsenal of the Westminster PM,вЂќ he said, referring to the fact that the British system, which many Caribbean countries have adopted, allows the prime minister alone to name the date for a general election. вЂњThe Jamaican PMвЂ™s actions therefore seem odd, for many reasons, not least of which is the fact that the early election is intended to capture the moment as well as to catch the opposition by surprise.вЂќ 8, estimates 36 percent for the ruling party against 33 percent for the JLP.Д¬aribbean political analyst Peter Wickham noted, however, that in a situation where the PNP is leading by a statistically insignificant five percentage points, a long campaign could come back to haunt her. 24, while the Centre for Leadership and Governance at the University of the West Indies (UWI), in a poll conducted during May 2007 and reported Jul. 22-25 by Don AndersonвЂ™s Market Research Services showed the PNP leading the JLP by a slim margin of 30.7 to 25 percent among likely voters.ДЄnother pollster, Bill Johnson, had the race at 38-31 percent on Jun. Opinion polls show that despite her popularity, Portia Simpson Miller will face a tough task in regaining control of the 60-member parliament.ДЄ poll conducted Jun. Simpson Miller would be able to hide weak and unpopular candidates and 18 years of PNP rule from a discerning electorate,вЂќ wrote newspaper columnist Claude Robinson. вЂњA campaign designed around the personality of the party president, вЂPortiaвЂ™s first termвЂ™ as she called it, assumes that Mrs.

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When respondents were asked who would do a better job as prime minister, Simpson Miller again outscored Golding by 40 to 34 percent. In some instances, her level of popularity is as high as 53 percent to GoldingвЂ™s 41 percent. Opinion polls consistently show that the prime minister is more popular than her main contender, Bruce Golding of the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). вЂњI gave her the baton and she has been carrying it well,вЂќ he told PNP supporters. Patterson, who himself faced the difficult task of succeeding the charismatic Michael Manley, said his successor, who became JamaicaвЂ™s seventh prime minister since independence 45 years ago, has done well. 27 election date at a public meeting on Jul.

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вЂњAre you ready for the first time to give Portia, a working class woman and leader of the winning team, her first full term as prime minister of Jamaica? Are you ready to give to Jamaica a woman of courage, a woman of determination, a woman of the people, from the people and for the people?вЂќ she asked supporters as she announced the Aug. Patterson as prime minister in March last year is confident she will survive the upcoming elections and lead the ruling PeopleвЂ™s National Party (PNP) to an unprecedented fifth straight term in office. KINGSTON, (IPS) - Virtually handed the government on a platter in 2006 after an internal campaign, Portia Simpson Miller is going to the Jamaican electorate next month hoping to secure her own mandate to become the countryвЂ™s first-ever elected woman head of government.ДЄ popular grassroots politician, the 64-year-old who took over from P.J. By IPS Correspondents Reprint | | Print |

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