Kingston, Aug.29.– Former Prime Minister, PJ Patterson, has thrown his support behind 
People's National Party (PNP) President, Dr Peter Phillips, describing him as being eminently qualified to take on the job of prime minister.
Phillips, the Opposition Leader, is hoping to topple Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in the September 3 General Elections, and Patterson, who was Jamaica’s longest-serving prime minister between 1992 and 2006, is hoping that his heavy-weight endorsement of his fellow Comrade will help Phillips to get to Jamaica House.
Phillips served in several Patterson cabinets in various ministerial positions, including as Minister of Health, National Security and Transport and Works.
Patterson, 85, and who was involved in a motor vehicle accident at his St Andrew home last October, has been absent from the campaign trail, due mainly to concerns about the coronavirus (COVID-19).
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