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Lloyd B Smith
George Wright, the Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Central, has been readmitted as a member of the governing Jamaica Labour Party [JLP].
Mr Wright resigned from the party in 2021 after a video of a man physically assaulting a woman was widely circulated.
The police later revealed that Mr Wright and Tannisha Singh, who both made reports of assault against each other, arising from that incident, had indicated that they no longer wished to press charges. Since then he has been serving as an independent MP.
Mr Wright applied in October last year to be readmitted to the JLP.
The JLP says the Membership Committee reviewed his application and considered the circumstances which lead to his independent status, along with the mitigating actions the party says he has since taken to be re-admitted.
It says the Membership Committee has therefore recommended that Mr. Wright be re-admitted and this was accepted by the Standing Committee.
Expediency?
Lloyd B Smith, a former MP for the People's National Party, told Radio Jamaica News, told Radio Jamaica News that the move to readmit George Wright as a member of the JLP could be viewed as a matter of expediency to retain the seat for the party.
But, Mr Smith, also a former member of the JLP, is predicting that it will negatively affect public perception of the party.
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