I have not given this a lot of thought, but I get the feeling that Jamaica really does not need a visionary leader, instead the country needs its residents to begin to think and articulate what they want for the country.
The leader who best embodies that shared vision and who has demonstrated previous performance in leading a public or even private organization and who has on his or her team folks who we believe can carry out the mandate of the people, is afforded that opportunity to lead the country.
The search for a leader with vision has gone on for over 50 years and here we are still looking…..
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Warren's Blog 
Ding, Ding, Ding!!! After years of blogging, he’s finally got it! The idea behind a functioning democracy!!! Any how, you have alluded to the Fundamental Problem of Jamaica, here:
Thtais , the Fundamental Problem of Jamaica is not an economic, or a governmental, or a political, or a technological one, but an educational one. By educational, I do not mean just schooling, but the lifelong process of learning that is necessary for an Informed Citizen to play an active role in a democracy.
Can the educational problem be fixed in this generation? Perhaps, but I see a lo of dreadful things happening before that happens – Katrina-like hurricane destruction, electricity rationing due to high oil prices, meat shortages, public sector walkouts crippling the country, gay sex scandals in the PNP, Usain Bolt failing his drug test, and more.
Will we, the Jamaican people start to believe in ourselves after everything we believe in is exposed as a fraud, and our communities crushed by the unrelenting forces of nature and economics? Or will we continue to depend on stereotypes, like the intelligent, but effeminate leader (Tufton, Holness) and archetypes, like the Visuinary, Religious leader with their flock (Bustamante, Manleu-Joshua, Portia-SistaP)? Time will tell,. Time always bats last.