Foote confident of booting rival
June 05, 2006
WHILE HISTORY does not appear to favour his candidacy, attorney-at-law Don Foote believes that it is his destiny to do what no other man from the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has ever done: win the Eastern Westmoreland parliamentary seat.
"I am extremely confident and I want to promise you that I am going to take home this seat for the Labour party," said Mr. Foote, after a massive show of strength by the JLP at the recent Nomination Day exercise in Darliston. "The people are crying out for proper representation and I am here to give it to them."
Having tested the waters before and tasted defeat at the hands of former Member of Parliament and former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, Mr. Foote thinks he is much wiser for the experience and hopes to make it work in his favour.
"This time around I will be knocking on every single door; I will be taking my message directly to the people," said Mr. Foote, whose candidacy some pundits have described as a measuring stick by the JLP to gauge its state of readiness should a general election be called in the near future.
'HOUSE-TO-HOUSE' METHOD
In utilising the 'house-to-house' method reportedly used by Mrs. Euphemia Williams in 1980 when she defeated Mr. Patterson, marking the only time the JLP has ever won the Eastern Westmoreland seat, Mr. Foote said he hopes to convince the people that he represents their best hope for a prosperous future....
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
