As habitancy procure all clad in their various party colors of green or orange to vote on this, Jamaica's 2011 choice day, the excitement continues to build. So far there is peace and we hope that this remains. I have heard few honks of the horn and whistles blowing as that will be reserved for the grand proclamation of the winner; later some will celebrate their parties victory while others will mourn their loss.
To an outsider looking at the days events unfolding you can't help but feel like you are a part of an island wide sports day. habitancy singing, dancing and cheering their team to victory. Guaranteed not many know what their party truly stands for, they naturally vote for the party because their mother, father or grandparents used to vote for that party; "their team, is my team". It's like an inheritance.
In the past, choice days have been feared due to the violence that ensues when a member of one of the two political parties, The People's National Party (Pnp) and Jamaica Labour Party (Jlp), believes his/her party lost unjustly and thereby decides to take, sometimes violent, action out on any member of the opposing party.
