Voters Have No Options

Throughout the years, new political third  parties were established to provide Jamaicans with an alternative to the longstanding incidents of incompetence and corrupt practices of the two existing parties.  These third political parties included members with different philosophical views to address the issues of the country that have been overlooked for far too long by career politicians. However, the closed minds of voters have prevented their own willingness to embrace a third political party. This notion that there can only be two political parties in Jamaica has now returned to haunt a country that is presently going through a period with their backs against the wall. Jamaicans have no choice whenever an election is called but to select the party with an absent leader who is unresponsive to critical issues within the country and also has turned a blind eye to the immoral practices of government members. Or, Jamaicans must choose a party with a leader who has been dealing with ongoing leadership challenges and discontent with party members.  Voters are caught between a rock and a hard place primarily as a result of continued poor voting habits that have deterred possible candidates with different political views from forming a third political party so as to compete with a dysfunctional two party political system.