Former Minister Donville Inniss was voted into a key leadership role as first vice-president of the Democratic Labour Party while Senator Andre Worrell failed to secure a position on the party’s new executive following internal elections yesterday.
Worrell, the immediate past president, contested the post of General Secretary but lost to Pedro Shepherd, who held the position on the last executive.
The results, announced last night, confirmed that political leader Ralph Thorne would also serve as president of the party while Inniss emerged as the second highest-ranking officer in the party after capturing 197 votes.
Inniss, who previously served in Cabinet as Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development, said he was honoured by the confidence placed in him by the party membership. He stressed that his return to frontline leadership was motivated by a commitment to both the party and the wider country.
The full slate of results reflected both continuity and change in the party’s structure. Quincy Jones secured the position of second vice-president with 156 votes, while former minister Stephen Lashley was elected third vice-president with 137. Felicia Dujon captured the fourth vice-president’s position with 121 votes.
In the administrative posts, Shepherd was elected general secretary with 108 votes and also won assistant general secretary with 220, a post he later yielded to Corey Graham. James Paul was elected treasurer with 106 votes. (CLM)
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