When Shaw wins who will speak on national issues ?

At the end of the day November 10, 2011 a new JLP leader will be elected at the party’s 70th annual conference . After the high fives and the euphoria is over, the new leader will have to settle down quickly and try to unite the party after a bruising election campaign.

The big question is when it’s time for Parliament, who will be the voice of the opposition ?

Audley Shaw would be leader of the JLP but not opposition leader , while Holness would be the opposition leader, but not party leader.

So while  Shaw can represent JLP ( the party) on matter of party interest he readily cannot represent the opposition and the people’s interest in the party outside of his shadow minister role in parliament, can he ?

I would like someone with knowledge of the working of the constitution explain, in real terms how this work and how is it likely to play out.

I don’t see Shaw sitting back and allowing Andrew to lumber along within the confines of Parliament, so from where I stand it seems there will still be issues until  after the 2016 elections, unless Holness decides to challenge Audley for the next two years leading up to national elections.

The party Secretariat instead of becoming two involved on either side, should now begin to sit and formulate a strategy to deal with something, they would not have had to address before, to avoid us having two opposition with diverging views and strategies.

They must come up with a workable plan to address this new challenge that will face the 70 yr old party.

Interesting times are ahead