Kingston, Jamaica, August 7, 2017:
Peoples National Party (PNP) Patriots’ President Omar Newell will represent the PNP young professionals on a party delegation to the Peoples Republic of China. He leaves the island on Tuesday for ten days alongside representatives of the PNP’s Youth Organization, Women’s Movement and parliamentary caucuses.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the founding and ruling political party of the world’s largest nation state, and will host the PNP delegation during the official visit. It will expose young PNP leaders to development programmes which have opened up China’s economy around a strong and sustainable market-driven system.
According to Newell, “the PNP respects the CPC for using state resources to educate and empower over a billion people, significantly improving their standard of living and eradicating poverty for most”.
“I am eager to uncover the policies and plans within China’s education and social system that our party leader can apply across Jamaica for similar empowering effects”, Newell said.
The Patriots are particularly keen to know how the growing interests and voices of women and young people are represented across the CPC, in order to understand the evolving role of educated women and youth in China’s politics.
The PNP’s delegation will be guests of the CPC from August 8 to 18, 2017. It includes PNP Regional Chairman and Parliamentarian, Mikael Phillips, and Deputy General Secretary, Senator Wensworth Skeffery.
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Contact:
Omar Newell (Telephone #: 388-1368)
PNP Patriots’ President
Orrett Montague (Telephone #: 852-2100)
PNP Patriots’ Communications Director
