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VIDEO | GOLDEN GOLDING - St Andrew Southern MP beats Hanna to become sixth PNP president

Delegates of the People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday elected Mark Jefferson Golding as the political movement’s sixth president in its 82-year history, denying Lisa Hanna a chance to wear the crown. Golding, the member of parliament (MP) for St...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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