PNP going to run Rhoda Moy Crawford out of Manchester Central, declares Calvin Lyn

Eighty-six-year-old businessman and staunch People's National Party (PNP) supporter Calvin Lyn says the party will send the Jamaica Labour Party's Rhoda Moy Crawford in Manchester Central packing in the general election.

"We are not going to overhaul it, we are going to run leff har," Lyn, a former MP, declared today during Nomination Day activities.

He is convinced the party will retake the seat in the upcoming September 3 general election.

He was speaking shortly before Donovan Mitchell was due to be officially nominated as the PNP's candidate for the constituency.

Lyn, who once served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and MP for Manchester North Eastern, believes the PNP is in a far stronger position now than in 2020, when Peter Bunting lost the seat in a surprise result to political newcomer Rhoda Moy Crawford of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

According to Lyn, internal problems within the party contributed to Bunting's defeat.

Lyn admitted he did not take part in the last general election campaign.

"Me never campaign 2020, won't tell you why," he said, but then added a warning: "Dem nuh fi fass wif Lyn. Mi wi sen duppy pon dem."

This time, PNP councillor and Mayor of Mandeville Donovan Mitchell is seeking to unseat Crawford, and Lyn, a well-known funeral home operator, Lyn said his focus is now fully on getting the PNP back into office.

"I been on the campaign trail from last year when we won the municipal corporation. I tell you this... Donovan Mitchell is going win this constituency by a good distance."

"Anybody call me on the phone, me tell dem me busy, me a campaign fi get out this corrupt government," he declared.

Still active in politics despite his age, Lyn described himself with a touch of humour: "I am a ratoon but me nuh rotten."

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