PNP’s Isat Buchanan vows to take on land ownership in Portland Eastern

People's National Party (PNP) candidate for Portland Eastern, Isat Buchanan, says he will be addressing land ownership and helping families to obtain titles, among other things, if he wins the seat in the September 3 general election.

The attorney, who is a newcomer to representational politics, is seeking to unseat the Jamaica Labour Party incumbent Ann-Marie Vaz, which she has held since the 2019 by-elections, following the tragic death of former Member of Parliament, Dr Lynvale Bloomfield.

"September 3 is a formality. I can tell you this: I am the next Member of Parliament for Portland Eastern," he said confidently following his nomination today.

"I believe that when families have land and they can pass on land by succession, it breaks the poverty gap. I have been assisting the people with obtaining titles for their land, which they have occupied for a very longtime. And I just want to be able to complete that process.

"The great divide is financial literacy as well as getting titles in the hands of people who have been on lands for a very longtime, and they own it by virtue of adverse possession and recreational holdings limited, and I have been assisting them," he concluded.

The PNP last won the Portland East seat in 2016 when the late Bloomfield defeated Derron Wood of the Jamaica Labour Party.

Back then, Bloomfield polled 8,580 votes to 6,345 by Woods.

- Gareth Davis Snr

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