Two of Jamaica’s more prominent pastors said that while the formation of another political party is good for democracy, they have no intention of being a candidate when the newly formed Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) contests the next general election.

“To be a part of a political party is by choice, so if pastors feel like that is what they want to do, then fine, I don’t have a problem with it.

The pastor has no issue with Christians getting involved in politics once convicted that this is their mandate, but he does not support theocracy.

If a party is coming into fruition on the basis that they are now going to impose Christian convictions or beliefs on a country, then that is a different thing because I do not believe that Jamaica is a theocracy,” he asserted.

Gilbert Edwards, an apostle and a medical technologist currently living in the United States, will be the president for the party, while Pastor Robert Rainford, a former government technocrat, will be the general secretary.