Man arrested after threatening murder if PNP loses election

The St Elizabeth police have moved swiftly to arrest and charge a man who went on TikTok threatening bloodshed if his preferred political candidate loses in the upcoming September 3 General Election.

The accused has been identified as Giovannie "Mother Love" Skeen, a clothes vendor of Marlborough district in Balaclava.

Skeen's video, which has been making the rounds on social media, shows him declaring that if the People's National Party (PNP) candidate in his constituency does not win, he was going to cause violence. He then warned, "If we no win, we ago turn the world inna Haiti, pure big matic and rifle," and later adding, "Me wi murder people fi me party."

The video caught the attention of law enforcement, and on Wednesday, officers launched a targeted operation in Balaclava. Skeen was tracked down and taken into custody without incident.

He has since been charged with using audiovisual communication to promote violence, a serious offence under Jamaican law.

Head of the St Elizabeth police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto, confirmed the arrest and warned that the security forces will act decisively against anyone seeking to incite violence during the election season.

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