Will Mayoral Candidates Engage In Debate?

During yesterday’s Nomination Day for the upcoming municipal elections, there were a lot of issues that were brought to the forefront by opposition candidates, who feel that enough works were not being done in the municipality and that monies were not being accounted for or spent wisely.  In the course of our interviews, the media did ask the two main mayoral candidates it they would consider a debate.  Little did we know that PUP’s candidate, Yolanda Schakron had already proposed one to the current Mayor, Darrell Bradley but now she is not so sure if the invitation is still opened.

YOLANDA SCHAKRON

“I did call for a debate but Mr. Bradley did not answer so right now he has decided that he called me that I am stupid to give up my salary for scholarship he wants a debate now we had called that from a long time so now to me what the problem seems to be with Darrel is that he wants things at his timing and his way. I have a lot of things to do, I have to pound the pavement I have to reach every resident of this city to tell them what our plan is. On the debate we have not decided yet because it is either his way or the highway ‘I noh deh pan dat’.”

But Mayor Bradley told the media that this is the first he is hearing of this proposed debate from Schakron and that he would be more than willing.

MAYOR DARRELL BRADLEY

“I received no invitation to attend a debate. Debates in the last cycle occurred because of various NGO organizations, educational institutions, independent entities, media houses would have invited the parties this term I didn’t receive any information or request and I didn’t receive any request from Ms. Schakron herself. Debates are something that we always welcome because it is an opportunity to get at the ideas and the crux of the candidates and to see what they really have at their core in terms of their character and what they offer to the electoral office and that is something that we have welcomed and that we would welcome even though it is a short period of time but I have received no invitation.”

Bradley is seeking re-election after having almost completed a term at City Hall while Schakron has had her eyes on the mayor’s seat as far as back as 2009 when she applied to the PUP for consideration as their candidate.