Gareth Manning, Gleaner WriterMOST ARE wary about going into politics themselves. It is too corrupt. "No, no. I would not go into politics," says Taneishaa banking and finance major at the University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI). "Banking and Finance is my major, so I'm probably going to get a job at Bank of Jamaica."
Several other young people feel the same way, including Grant, Lisa and Ozwick, three students from Campion College in St. Andrew.
"It's not my business so I can't really
bother with politics," 17-year-old Grant says. Ozwick and Lisa shook their heads as the Sunday Gleaner queried whether they were interested in politics.
GENERAL DISINTEREST
While others are not as 'scared' of the political process, there is still a general disinterest among youths.
Jason Lovelace, a student at the University of the West Indies says while he has no
interest in politics at a national level, he would represent people at the community level.
Annife Campbell, another university student says he would enter politics if he were given the resources to fix problems relating to young people, but he has no real political aspirations.
"I think people go into politics with a
willing heart, but then they become so handicapped by the side issues or a system or a structure that forces you to act in certain kind of way. It's either that you end up doing
two things: becoming a part of the accepted tradition or probably spend your times trying to beat down doors," he says.
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