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	Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Jamaica Labour Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jamaica Labour Party is a political party in Jamaica.
		It is the main opposition party, led by Edward Seaga from 1974 to 2004.
		The party was founded in 1943 by Alexander Bustamante as the political wing of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jamaican_Labour_Party (239 words)

	Jamaica Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel Publishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After the abolition of slavery in 1834, Jamaica became relatively prosperous under orthodox colonial rule until the early 20th century when a spate of natural disasters, compounded by the depression of the 1930s, sent the economy into decline.
		The JLP held power throughout the 1960s, but lost the national election of 1972 to the PNP under the leadership of Michael Manley.
		Seaga adopted a pro-American stance in economic and foreign affairs, Jamaican troops were committed to the American-led invasion of Grenada in 1983 which ousted that island’s radical government.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /data/jam/jam580.asp (638 words)

	Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jamaica has traditionally had a two party system, with power often alternating the People's National Party and Jamaican Labour Party.
		About two-thirds of the Jamaicans have been forced through colonization to accept Christianity, although this forced acceptance was spread over a large number of denominations.
		The Rastafarian faith also originated in Jamaica, and is responsible for many well-known Jamaican cultural exports such as dreadlocks and red-yellow-and-green clothing.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/j/ja/jamaica.html (777 words)

	Be Aware - Jamaica's Independence - 6th August 1962
		Labour unrest in the late 1930s had produced a trade union, the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) named after it's found Alexander Bustamante.
		This split in the leadership of the labour movement meant the two parties would have to compete for the loyalty of the workers.
		The first election under Universal Adult Suffrage was held in 1944 and the Jamaica Labour Party won 25 out of a total of 32 seats.
	www.daintycrew.com /independence.htm (433 words)

	"In the last election Prime Minister X went to Ethiopia and met with the King of Kings and had a conversation with ...
		The PNP was the "middle class more intellectual urban party" and "the party for people who wanted to be considered respectable, decent and intelligent." (Waters 57) In 1969, Norman Manley resigned and passed leadership of the PNP to his son, Michael.
		Since 1944 there has been intimidation of the other party’s supporters and disruption of the political meetings, not to mention the number of members of the lower class who were in possession of guns and were paid to protect party supporters.
		By December 1976, the party loyalties had changed so that the Brown middle class and merchant class, particularly minority groups, were siding with the Jamaica Labour Party.
	debate.uvm.edu /dreadlibrary/kerr.html (4796 words)

	Encyclopedia: Jamaican Labour Party
		The Jamaica Labour Party is a right-wing political party in Jamaica.
		It is the main opposition party, and is led by Edward Seaga.
		The party was founded in 1943 by Alexander Bustamante.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jamaican-Labour-Party (130 words)

	Sir Alexander Bustamante
		The political movement was split and Bustamante founded the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in 1943 to prepare for Jamaica's first general election under universal adult suffrage.
		The JLP lost power to the PNP in the general election of January 1955 and so Bustamante became leader of the Opposition.
		In a general election on April 10, 1962, the Jamaican Labour Party was returned to power with twenty six of the forty five seats in the House of Representatives, Bustamante was appointed premier.
	www.moec.gov.jm /heroes/alexander.htm (2829 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Mr. Seaga - get a grip! - Sunday \| January 21, 2001
		EVERY time the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) is ahead in the polls, they themselves do something foolish to cause them to lose it.
		She said that the situation within the JLP should never have been allowed to get to the point where two party stalwarts like Pearnel Charles and Percy Broderick, could be fighting over the same seat.
		The JLP is therefore inclined towards having a selection in the seat between the two men, saying that this is what their constitution requires under the circumstances.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010121/cleisure/cleisure2.html (983 words)

	history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Peoples National Party Government decided that it should continue efforts to settle a reserve agreement with the International Monetary Fund in March of 1980 and was bitterly criticized for this.
		The Peoples National Party continued its dominance in Local Government Elections in 1990 when it won 136 seats to the Jamaican Labour Party's 51 and kept control of all Councils.
		Jamaican law requires that local elections be held every 3 years; elections may be delayed through legislation.
	www.faculty.fairfield.edu /faculty/hodgson/Courses/so191/Projects3/Jamaica/history.html (924 words)

	Fan The Flame by Leonard Tim Hector (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Jamaican working people, the mass of people, made poor by the plantation economy, which was pastoral in name and nature, that is, non-industrial mono crop in character, and which had become a brake on the forward movement of Jamaica.
		Manley himself said of that fateful day and night in Jamaican and English speaking Caribbean history: “I’ll never forget as long as I live the echo of the feet on the boards of the wharf as we [he and Edna] walked from the deserted place.
		Hero worship replaced organisation and loyalty to the party without policy worth the name on national dispossession were the practice and watchword of populist politics all over the region.
	www.candw.ag /~jardinea/ffhtm/ff020524.htm (2664 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		In its submission, dated 7 December 1988, the State party contends that the communication is inadmissible on the ground of nonexhaustion of domestic remedies, as required by article 5, paragraph 2(b), of the Optional Protocol, without providing further explanations.
		The State party contends that, as the author's claim of unfair trial is based on the contradictory nature of the evidence produced during the trial, it essentially raises issues of facts and evidence which the Committee is not competent to evaluate.
		Smith's allegations, the Committee notes with concern that the State party has confined itself to the observation that the facts relied upon by the author seek to raise issues of facts and evidence that the Committee is not competent to evaluate.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/undocs/html/282-1988.html (3887 words)

	Jamaica: Killings and violence by police: How many more victims
		Jamaicans for Justice has also reported surveillance of their work, including through wire-tapping and police infiltration of meetings.
		Despite the passionate response and debate the incident prompted in Jamaican society, the reaction of the government was a deafening silence.
		The Jamaican police continue to claim that the majority of killings are the outcome of justifiable force by officers in the performance of their duties.
	www.amnestyusa.org /children/document.do?id=0D947C80D3860EF080256A25005C5025 (18218 words)

	BBC Caribbean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In a statement he said the timing would allow a new leader to consolidate his or her leadership of the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP) before local government elections of 2006.
		The decision follows months of infighting within the JLP party, between those loyal to Mr Seaga and more reform-minded members who feel a change in leadership is necessary for the opposition to win the next election.
		Most recently at the beginning of this year Mr Seaga silenced his critics when he won a confidence vote from JLP members amid concerns that he was becoming increasingly unpopular among senior party members.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2004/06/printable/040630_seaga-retires.shtml (331 words)

	Guardian \| Blair to visit Jamaica despite riots
		The Jamaican prime minister, PJ Patterson, ordered the troops in after fierce gun battles between supporters of the opposition labour party and security forces.
		He has blamed the opposition Labour party for the violence - which comes ahead of next year's elections - but the party's leader, Edward Seaga, said the ruling party were to blame.
		Jamaica's political history is intertwined with the gangs the two main parties helped organise and arm in Kingston's poor neighbourhoods in the 1970s and intimidation of this sort is usual near elections.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4219391-103681,00.html (582 words)

	Articles - Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Deteriorating economic conditions led to a desperately fraught re-election campaign between Manley's People's National Party and the main opposition the, Jamaican Labour Party.
		Jamaica's current Constitution was drafted in 1962 by a bipartisan joint committee of the Jamaican legislature.
		The Jamaican head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who is given the title of "Queen of Jamaica." The Queen is represented by a governor general, appointed by the Prime Minister.
	www.worldhammock.com /articles/Jamaica (2219 words)

	HUGH SHEARER FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thanks to his work with the ''Jamaican Worker'' earlier in his life, Shearer managed to stay on generally good terms with the Jamaican working_class, and was generally well liked by the populace.
		In the 1972 elections, the JLP was defeated and the People's_National_Party leader, Michael_Manley, became Prime Minister.
		Between 1980 and 1989, during the prime ministership of Edward Seaga, who had succeeded him as leader of the JLP in 1974, Shearer was deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs.
	www.bellabuds.com /Hugh_Shearer (528 words)

	University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
		The author himself states that he is a supporter of the J.L.P. 2.3 The author contends that during his re-trial, his legal aid counsel refused to have him crossexamined, and failed to call witnesses for the defence.
		The State party forwards the text of said section, from which it transpires that the Governor General's power to refer a case to the Court of Appeal is discretionary.
		In his reply to the State party's observations, the author states that he was informed that the Privy Council would consider his application early in 1990.
	heiwww.unige.ch /humanrts/undocs/html/335-1988.html (876 words)

	United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Jurisprudence - Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		4.1 By submission of 17 November 1988, the State party submitted that the communication was inadmissible on the ground of non-exhaustion of domestic remedies, because of the author's failure to petition the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council far special leave to appeal.
		Additionally, and with reference to recent decisions of the Human Rights Committee, the State party observes that the facts as presented merely seek to raise issues of evaluation of evidence in the case, which the Committee is not competent to examine.
		4.3 The State party further points to section 24, paragraph 2, of the Constitution, which provides that no person shall be treated in a discriminatory manner by any person acting in accordance with any written law or in performance of the function of any public office or any public authority.
	www.unhchr.ch /tbs/doc.nsf/MasterFrameView/6e62a9df88a5f286c1256ada00304119 (2397 words)

	Today's Press...and tomorrow's alternatives - NI 100 - The Gleaner's vendetta
		The Jamaican Labour Party leader Edward Seaga followed by accusing Manley of planning a 'military solution' to the elections.
		The upshot of it all was Manley's thumping defeat last fall at the hands of Jamaica Labour Party leader Edward Seaga.
		Talks with IMF officials were initiated even before the Jamaican Labour Party's victory.
	www.newint.org /issue100/vendetta.htm (1436 words)

	americas.org - Prime Minister Wins Third Term (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Percival Patterson of the People’s National Party was elected December 18 to a third term, the first since Jamaicans won an unconditional right to vote 53 years ago.
		The PNP and its traditional rival, the Jamaican Labour Party, were joined by the fledgling National Democratic Movement.
		The NDM was formed in 1995 by former JLP chair Bruce Golding, who charged that the JLP leadership was unwilling to reform the party.
	www.americas.org /item_11706 (218 words)

	Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Jamaican natives and imported African slaves endured Spanish rule for 150 years until the invasion of the British in 1655.
		The founders of the modern Jamaican nation were Marcus Garvey, Alexander Bustamante and Norman Manley, all of whom were fl Jamaicans (Gleaner).
		Edward Seaga’s party, the JLP, is considered the more conservative of the two political groups; it has always promoted the free market system and, during the 1970’s and 80’s, it became anti-communist and pro-U.S.A. (Gleaner).
	www.uvm.edu /~rmuir/Politics.html (1763 words)

	Jamaica - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Caucasians compose a tiny minority, less than 1% of the population, however, they have historically played a large role in the nation's political and economic development.
		About two-thirds of the Jamaicans, through colonization, have accepted Christianity, spread over a large number of denominations.
		The main character is involved in dealing and smuggling ganja, and it was largely this movie that introduced reggae music in America.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Jamaica (807 words)

	Jamaica: Killings and violence by police: How many more victims - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		(22) calls on states parties not to tolerate the forced ''disappearance'' of persons, to punish within their jurisdictions those persons who commit or attempt to commit the crime of forced ''disappearance'' of persons and their accomplices and accessories, in a manner commensurate with the gravity of the practice.
		The group Jamaicans for Justice orchestrated a sustained campaign for a coroner's inquest to be held into the killing.
		Articles 1, 2 and 5.2 of the American Convention, to which Jamaica is a state party, underline the obligation on states to respect the rights and liberties provided in the Convention, including freedom from torture, and to adopt all necessary measures, whether legislative or otherwise, to make such rights effective.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGAMR380032001 (15938 words)

	Journal of Third World Studies: Votes and Budgets: Comparative Studies in Accountable Governance in the South
		The standard of democratic accountability used throughout this work is rigorous and no case study fails to find the flaws and fissures of state-society alienation that characterizes even the most accountable, professional, and efficient democratic regimes.
		Yet Healey's introduction is not entirely transparent, in that it does not fully delineate the framework's bases in democratic theory and the particular research traditions of pluralism, development theory, and institutional political analysis.
		There are criticisms, however, such as the lack of transparency in planning administration which is partially attributable to the dominance of the Botswana Democratic Party.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3821/is_199910/ai_n8871405 (1356 words)

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