Democracy at it's finest- Elections in Jamaica

We are going to take you on a bit of a historical journey as we tell you the results. The first elected woman as head of government in the Americas was Dame Eugenia Charles who was from the island of Dominica. She was the world longest continuously serving Prime Minister from 1980-1995. Now 16 years later Prime Minister elect Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica's only female head of government  has led her party to a resounding victory which will place her in the history books forever.

2011 has seen women elected our appointed in major roles around the world and it was once noted that if we had more women in leadership roles they would be less wars and conflict. We believe that 2012 is the end of business as usual and changes are eminent and needed.

We extend congratulations to Prime Minister Elect Portia Simpson Miller of the PNP  and what a fitting way to close 2011 and usher in a New Year (2012).

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The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago also has a female Prime Minister at the helm and her name is  Kamla Persad-Bissessar. 

Liberia re-elected President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf who has been leader of this country from 2006.

Elections 2011

As Jamaica is about to celebrate its golden independence anniversary, the island nation is preparing for elections tomorrow ( December 29, 2011). We are looking forward to hearing the results and we wish all participating in the process the best of  luck. We would like to take this opportunity to remind the youth that it is a privileged to be able to exercise your right to vote. It's an even greater privilege to maintain and sustain democracy as respect to our elders...... So get out and vote it is your future!

Background

The two major parties for the electorate to choose from are the (PNP) People’s National Party led by Portia Simpson Miller and the (JLP) Jamaica Labour Party led by the current Prime Minister Andrew Holness.