Economist, Dr. Thomson Fontaine is the new political leader of the United Workers Party.
The UWP hosted its delegates conference at the Goodwill Parish Hall on Sunday where Dr. Fontaine and Clement Marcellin competed for the party’s leadership.
At the conference. Fontaine took the majority vote thereby earning him the party’s Leadership.
Speaking after his promotion to the Party’s leadership Dr. Fontaine spoke of leading the party with honesty, Transparency and accountability.
Dr. Fontaine vowed to continue the party’s fight for electoral reform through legal means and outlined plans to achieve this goal.
At the conference, Clement Marcellin was elected deputy political leader, and former party leader Lennox Linton now serves as the new party president.