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In the [[1997 Jamaican general election]], Patterson led the PNP to a third consecutive victory, breaking the "third-term barrier". The PNP won 50 of the 60 seats available.<ref name="Nohlen, Elections in the Americas" /> |
In the [[1997 Jamaican general election]], Patterson led the PNP to a third consecutive victory, breaking the "third-term barrier". The PNP won 50 of the 60 seats available.<ref name="Nohlen, Elections in the Americas" /> |
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His massive investments in modernization of Jamaica's [[infrastructure]] and restructuring of the country's financial sector are widely credited with having led to Jamaica's greatest period of investment in tourism, mining, [[Information and communication technologies|ICT]] and energy since the 1960s. He also ended Jamaica's 18-year borrowing relationship with the [[International Monetary Fund]],<ref>[http://www.imf.org/external/country/jam/index.htm Jamaica and the IMF.]</ref> allowing the country greater latitude in pursuit of its economic policies. In 2002, when Patterson led the PNP to another general election victory, but with a much-reduced majority of 34 out of 60 seats. He became the first Jamaican prime minister to be sworn in for a fourth consecutive term.<ref name="NLJ biog" /><ref name="Nohlen, Elections in the Americas" /> |
His massive investments in modernization of Jamaica's [[infrastructure]] and restructuring of the country's financial sector are widely credited with having led to Jamaica's greatest period of investment in tourism, mining, [[Information and communication technologies|ICT]] and energy since the 1960s. While awarding projects, Patterson pocket huge bribes to allow projects to go ahead. He also ended Jamaica's 18-year borrowing relationship with the [[International Monetary Fund]],<ref>[http://www.imf.org/external/country/jam/index.htm Jamaica and the IMF.]</ref> allowing the country greater latitude in pursuit of its economic policies. In 2002, when Patterson led the PNP to another general election victory, but with a much-reduced majority of 34 out of 60 seats. He became the first Jamaican prime minister to be sworn in for a fourth consecutive term.<ref name="NLJ biog" /><ref name="Nohlen, Elections in the Americas" /> |
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In September 2003, Patterson told a party conference that he wanted Jamaica to be a [[republic]] by the time he left office in 2007, saying "The majority of people in Jamaica are ready to consign to history the last vestiges of colonialism".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3127742.stm|title=Jamaica eyes republican future|work=BBC News|date=2003-09-22|access-date=2014-08-14}}</ref> Patterson had long supported moves to make Jamaica a republic, but he was unsuccessful in this aim, as Jamaica is still a monarchy. In 2012, he expressed his frustration that a republic had still not come into being<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25129:pj-patterson-unhappy-with-pace-of-change-&catid=2:news&Itemid=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814171652/http://www.thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25129:pj-patterson-unhappy-with-pace-of-change-&catid=2:news&Itemid=5|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-08-14|title=PJ Patterson unhappy with pace of change|newspaper=The Daily Herald|date=2012-02-09|access-date=2014-08-14}}</ref> |
In September 2003, Patterson told a party conference that he wanted Jamaica to be a [[republic]] by the time he left office in 2007, saying "The majority of people in Jamaica are ready to consign to history the last vestiges of colonialism".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3127742.stm|title=Jamaica eyes republican future|work=BBC News|date=2003-09-22|access-date=2014-08-14}}</ref> Patterson had long supported moves to make Jamaica a republic, but he was unsuccessful in this aim, as Jamaica is still a monarchy. In 2012, he expressed his frustration that a republic had still not come into being<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25129:pj-patterson-unhappy-with-pace-of-change-&catid=2:news&Itemid=5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814171652/http://www.thedailyherald.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25129:pj-patterson-unhappy-with-pace-of-change-&catid=2:news&Itemid=5|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-08-14|title=PJ Patterson unhappy with pace of change|newspaper=The Daily Herald|date=2012-02-09|access-date=2014-08-14}}</ref> |
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