Opposition Leader Returns from Trip to Jamaica  

Leader of the Opposition Moses “Shyne” Barrow returned home today after a visit to Jamaica where he met with several key political figures and investors in that country. Barrow paid a visit to Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness who is also the chairman of the Caribbean Democratic Union of which the U.D.P. is a member. Barrow also met with Jamaica’s Opposition Leader Mark Golding, politician Lisa Hanna, as well as billionaire investor, Michael Lee Chin, to name a few. When we sat down with Barrow today, he told us that the purpose of his visit was to receive council from Prime Minister Holness ahead of Belize’s general elections.

 

Moses “Shyne” Barrow, Leader of the Opposition

“I personally met Prime Minister Holness two years ago at the International Democratic Summit that we have every year in Washington and I have stayed in touch along with former Prime Minister Chastanet from Saint Lucia who is also a member of the Caribbean Democratic Union, former Prime Minister Doctor Keith Mitchell who is now the leader of the opposition, Chastanet is also the leader of the opposition. We are all members of the union. And the purpose of that collective is to do exactly what I sought in Jamaica to get council, to get advise as we approach the general elections. Holness has won two consecutive terms and he was prime minister when he took over from Prime Minister Golden when he resigned. He has a wealth of institutional knowledge on how to deliver the victories. So it was very important to meet with him and get his guidance and strategize with him and soak up all that information he has to offer as a senior parliamentarian and very successful prime minister.”