Ex-prime minister wins vote to remain Jamaican opposition leader


  • World
  • Monday, 11 Nov 2013

KINGSTON (Reuters) - Jamaica's opposition leader fended off a challenge from his party's chief economic spokesman to retain his job on Sunday in an internal party election.

Andrew Holness, 41, leader of the centre-right Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and a former prime minister, defeated Audley Shaw, one of his deputy leaders, party officials announced.

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