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PUSHING BACK at criticism that he may be a liability to the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP), General Secretary Dr Dayton Campbell is asserting that his public pronouncements are merely part of his role as an “electrifying speaker” for the party.

Campbell has been a lightning rod for critics who have argued that his utterances on the political platform are gnawing at the party’s political currency with the electorate.

But the medical doctor has sought to pour cold water on that assessment, unwilling to accept the ‘controversial’ label being pinned to him.

The former member of parliament (MP) for St Ann North Western, who assumed the general secretary role three years ago after the PNP’s crushing defeat at the national polls, said its current leadership has steered the party from being behind by double digits in opinion polls to surge ahead of the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

He said criticism of his co