History and politics of Jamaica

Since Jamaica was taken over by an Engilsh colony in 1655 then a British colony came around during the years 1702 through 1962. After they came to Jamaica it becamse and independent island. The country became mostly democratic right after the British arrived. That is how its been for many years. Even though the majority is mostly democractic there are three types of parties. The first one being the Jamaican Labour Party, next the People's Natioanal Party, and last and the fairly newest party is the National Democratic Movement. The Jamaican Labour party started in 1943 and it was founded by Alexander Bustamante and is being lead by Andrew Holness. Holness is also the Prime Minister of Jamaica as well. The People's National Party was founded in 1938 by Osomond Theodore Fairclough. It is being lead by Mark Golding whos is also the president. The National Democratic Movement(NDM) being the most recent was founded in 1995 by two people Bobby Marsh and Brascoe Lee. the part eventually broke up after Golding was. going to become the president. The group is now lead by Peter Townsend and the chairman is Michael Williams. The NDM eventually split from the Jamaican Labour Party.The reason the party split was because it was understood that JA was suffering a lot from the economy and population was growing quickly. There are a number of treaties in Jamaica. There are treaties for victim of armed conflicts, methods and means of warfare, crimanal repression,

and last other treaties related to IHL which stands for International humanitarian law.

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