The elevation of Dr Ronnie Yearwood to the presidency of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) has seemingly drawn more young people to its bosom.That is according to the party’s 1st vice-president Steve Blackett, who said while the DLP had seen an influx of new members in the last few months, a spike in young people joining the party occurred shortly after Dr Yearwood became its leader.Following the party’s 30-0 drubbing in the January General Elections and the subsequent resignation of former president Verla De Peiza, the 43-year-old Dr Yearwood defeated challenger David Estwick for the vacant post during an Extraordinary Conference on May 1.Blackett revealed that more than half of its new members had joined since then.“We’ve had close to 300 members joining the party in the last seven to eight months. In the last three months alone we have had 195 new members joining and we are going to be actually inducting a token number of those, 20 members into the fold of the DLP on Friday evening. But we are seeing a steady increase in new members and what is refreshing is that among those new members we’re finding a large majority of young people coming to the party,” Blackett revealed during a press conference this morning to disclose details for the party’s 67th annual general conference which will be held this Friday and Saturday.
