By Leonardo Blair, Staff Reporter
Mayor of Spanish Town, Dr. Raymoth Notice (left) converses with James Robertson, deputy leader of the Jamaica Labour Party, at a meeting of Area Council 2 in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, Sunday. - Rudolph Brown/Staff Photographer
JAMES ROBERTSON, deputy leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), said Sunday that he stood firmly behind Spanish Town's Mayor, Dr. Raymoth Notice who has been a subject of controversy in the media since last week.
Two Saturday's ago, the Mayor's ex-chauffeur, 42-year-old Basil Henry, accused his boss of assault occasioning bodily harm and making threats against his life for allegedly 'carrying news' to his wife. The allegations were reported to the police.
At a JLP Area Council 2 meeting held in Bog Walk, St. Catherine Sunday, the Mayor explained that he merely "gently restrained" the man after attempted abuse. Mr. Robertson said he "fully backed" Dr. Notice for standing up for himself.
STANDING TALL
"All of us are politicians in here and people at times feel they can take steps with us. Dr. Notice you have stood tall, you have kept your divisional conferences in this area council and I am fully behind you. I would not even take up the phone to answer the radio station. I wouldn't even put pen to paper to prolong it in the press. These things happen and we get past them," said Mr. Robertson.
He charged that Dr. Notice's accuser did not have medical support for his allegations.
Meantime, Mr. Robertson told party supporters yesterday that the party was planning a meeting for the Municipality of Portmore to unseat whatever influence the People's National Party (PNP) now holds in the area.
"We are going into the Municipality of Portmore to work and organise. We have some young councillors in there who are doing good work. We'll be going in there May 16th to meet with them and have their conference in there and it is going to be good," he said.
