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<p>People’s National Party (PNP) President Dr Peter Phillips is vowing to stomp out vote-buying in his party.</p>
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<p>“Vote-buying is a threat to our democracy and should be stomped out and I intend to see that it is stomped out in the People’s National Party,” Phillps said.</p>
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<p>He made the remark during Saturday’s PNP presidential election at the National Arena in St Andrew. Phillips retained his post as president after beating off a challenge from Peter Bunting.</p>
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<p>There were accusations of vote-buying during the three-month-long campaign for the presidency. Generally, accusations of vote-buying have surfaced whenever there’s an election in Jamaica.</p>
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