Golding defends leadership style

People’s National Party (PNP) president Mark Golding used his address to the party’s 88th annual conference yesterday to make a pointed case for his style of leadership, declaring that he is driven not by the trappings of office but by what he described as a determination to make Jamaica “a much better place for all Jamaicans”.

The address at Independence Park in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, came against the backdrop of growing speculation about Golding’s political future and whether St Catherine North Western member of parliament Damion Crawford will mount a challenge for the PNP presidency at next year’s annual conference.

No formal leadership contest has been announced, but speculation about a possible Crawford challenge have persisted for months.