Kingston mayor says disaster victims used for votes by both parties

(Jamaica Observer) Kingston mayor, Senator Desmond McKenzie yesterday admitted that several communities were allowed to remain in flood-prone areas as pockets of votes by both major political parties.

According to McKenzie, who is also a deputy leader of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), many of these communities had not only become pockets of votes but “pockets of disaster and destruction for the country”.MCKENZIE… “these communities are not