Andrew, let my people go - PNP Patriots head likens Holness to Pharaoh

With a voice that rumbled like thunder and eyes blazing with conviction, the Reverend Paul Blake lit up Independence Park in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland, on Saturday night, declaring that Jamaica's moment of deliverance is near.

Comparing Prime Minister Andrew Holness to the Biblical Pharaoh, Blake warned that the nation could no longer endure the weight of what he described as nine years of oppression under the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

"We have been under pressure. We have been under stress. Oh Lord, we've been crying like the people in Egypt. Deliver us from this Pharaoh named Andrew," he said to thunderous cheers from People's National Party (PNP) supporters who crammed into the Westmoreland town for a campaign meeting.

Blake, president of the Patriots, the PNP's young professional arm, boldly cast PNP President Mark Golding in the role of Moses, the chosen leader who would shatter the chains and lead Jamaicans into a new era of justice and hope.

"I say to you that there is a man that is coming with clean hands and a clean heart. A man that is coming to rescue Jamaica from this uncaring government. I say that we have a Moses of our generation, and his name is Mark Jefferson Golding," Blake said.

"He will fight for the rights of our farmers, he will fight for the rights of our people," Blake he added.

The PNP has been taking its message of change across the island as it seeks support to end the nine-year reign of the Andrew Holness-led Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

For Blake, who is the PNP's junior spokesman on agriculture, the JLP's tenure has been characterised by corruption and hardship.

"Andrew, let my people go," Blake said

He has expressed hope that Holness will be given his marching orders when the next general elections are held.

"Make sure that on the election day, we go out there and we give Andrew his resignation letter," he said.

"Time come for a good uh government. Time come for a government that put people first," he declared.

The PNP's rising firebrand and junior spokesman on agriculture outlined a bold vision to overhaul agriculture and cut Jamaica's food import bill by 25 per cent in five years. He also said the PNP, if it forms the next government, will create an Agricultural Development Fund to empower local farmers.

"We're going to make sure that when people eat at hotels in Negril, they're eating food grown right here in Jamaica," Blake promised.