TEINO EVANS, Staff Reporter
FILE - Macka Diamond
RUDOLPH BROWN - Portia Simpson Miller
AS NEWS SPREAD last Saturday evening of Portia Simpson Miller's victory in the race for presidency for the People's National Party (PNP) among the persons offering her 'big ups' on and off stage were some of our local artistes.
Macka Diamond, before getting into her set on stage at the Follow Di Arrow show at the James Bond Beach in Oracabessa, St. Mary, a few hours after Portia's victory, took the stage singing; "bad gyal forward, bad gyal pull up," in honour of the new president.
"Thumbs up, yuh done know mi a gi one hundred per cent to woman power, she is a very strong woman and she get a whole heap a fight, but she maintain it an do ar ting," Macka Diamond told THE STAR yesterday hinting that she just might do a song about it.
On Saturday's show also 'The Doctor', Beenie Man, while opening his set at the same show, said, "me a neither Labourite nor PNP, but wi haffi big up di woman dem, a woman time yah now," before he broke into a number of his girl songs that had been major hits over the years.
Even L.A. Lewis at the recent launch of his new clothing line, offered his 'big ups' to the lady who is expected to become the first female Prime Minister of Jamaica.
"All who love Portia, gi Portia a clap, yuh si di woman dem now, a dem fi run di House, wa yuh seh, it a guh run right yah now," Lewis said during his address to members of the media and music fraternity who had turned out for his launch held on Monday at the Bob Marley Museum, Hope Road.
The issue apparently will remain topical for a while with our artiste and according to gospel artistes, Stitchie, "a di best ting dat could a ever happen to Jamaica."
He describes Portia as "one that the entire Jamaica is for, and that spans right across all political arenas. Portia is a people person an wi jus a gwaan pray for her, because God was preparing her for such a time, this is his will."
Simpson Miller emerged as the president when she garnered 1,775 delegate votes, edging out Dr. Peter Phillips' 1,538 votes in Saturday's contest.
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