PNP Rally | ‘You are not for sale’ – Neita Garvey, Bunting rail against vote buying and corruption
Published:Sunday | August 24, 2025 | 9:11 PM
Natalie Neita Garvey, the People’s National Party (PNP) representative for St Catherine North Central, has urged supporters to resist any attempts to buy their votes ahead of the September 3 general election.
“When they steal your taxpaying dollar … a your money. An dem a tek your money fi come back fi come buy you wid your money. Well, only a fool, only a fool would stan up and siddung and mek a man buy him wid him own money. You are not for sale,” she declared to loud cheers at a mass rally in Mandeville, Manchester, on Sunday night.
Her colleague, Peter Bunting, the PNP’s candidate for Manchester Southern, also used the platform to hammer the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), charging that corruption has become deeply rooted.
“Dem hate me like poison because me nuh fraid a dem. Dem fraid fi wear short pants,” Bunting said. “Like the tief who bawl out badmind when him get ketch, look out fi dem. Tek dem picture … because the only other term dem deserve is a prison term.”
He added: “Be on the lookout … look out for the big trousers man dem who are benefitting from corruption.”
But Bunting also sought to outline what he said was the PNP’s “clear vision for Jamaica” where “justice reigns and the education system leaves no child behind, where quality healthcare is guaranteed.”
Campaigning on the theme “development for all,” Bunting promised better roads, water supply, clinics, and Internet access in Manchester Southern, as well as employment opportunities through training and support for farmers and small business operators.
He also pledged to reopen the coast road from Alligator Pond in Manchester to Milk River in Clarendon as a hub for community and eco-tourism.
Bunting, a former Central Manchester MP who lost his bid for a fourth term in 2020, is hoping to return to Parliament as the PNP pushes to unseat the JLP, which is seeking a third consecutive term.
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