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The 'Poor People Governor,' Bounty Killer, has been offered a role in the rising coalition, the Kudagian Revolutionary Vision (KRV) party.

The president, Andrew Donahue, made this proposal to the entertainer who expressed great disappointment in the leadership skills of the two prominent parties, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP).

In a recent interview with BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ and presenter Seani B, Bounty Killer compared "die-hearted" Jamaican voters to "masquerade" members, whose loyalty lie within the political party of their choice, despite seeing no changes in the party's policies.

"Only in the Caribbean and Jamaica dem have something name 'safe seat'. Jamaican people are idiots when it comes to politics. Dem like people, dem nuh like policy. Wi need a new party," said Bounty Killer.

He added, "Me vote fi Jamaica [because] mi like freedom and goodness, mi nuh like PNP [nor] JLP, mi like Jamaicans."

Donahue has since offered the artiste a position as an active representative for Jamaica's inner-city youths, in order to impact the need for change.

"We want Bounty Killer to be on our team as a spokesperson because we believe that he's a strong voice, a true inspiration and a strong male leader, and this country needs strong men to influence our youths. It's not about me, it's about the country and we need to get those leaders who are passionate about Jamaica, just like Bounty, to step up, step in and fix this country and make it great," he told THE STAR.

He continued, "Bounty is the voice of the people in many ways and I believe he should be [named] a national hero. His courage, ability and his strength to go against the powers that be is something that our youths should know about. They should have a museum that they can access materials on the life of Bounty Killer, Buju Banton, and other strong vocal leaders in the fields of music, sports [and other areas]." He agreed with the deejay, opining that the Jamaican culture is being "disrespected" by its leaders.

With plans to put a stop to that, while offering opportunities for creatives, Donahue briefly outlined his plans of investment in culture and music. He opined that Bounty Killer's remarkable talent and longevity in entertainment would give him the ammunition to govern and steer this project.

"We're gonna have an iconic creation called the 100 Meter Reggae Lane District which will bring tourists to Kingston like never before and allow us to express ourselves, the best way we can. A lot of our artistes should be performing more, making more money and people should have more places to be entertained, and this project will provide our Jamaican creatives with a space to transform all their ideas/talents into money-making ventures. Bounty would definitely be the perfect man to drive this plan forward and get our ghetto youths involved," said Donahue.

When questioned about having an interest in joining politics, Bounty Killer said he is open to becoming an adviser.

"I don't wanna be in no Parliament, 'cause I can't take no side, I gotta be on all sides. I wanna be a political adviser, mi tell di ediat dem weh dem fi duh and dem guh do weh dem fi duh. Mi nuh deh pon no side," the entertainer stated.

Nevertheless, Donahue, who identifies his group as a "diverse brilliant mind of leaders and not politicians", remains hopeful that the deejay will have of a change of heart.

Efforts to reach Bounty Killer for an official response to KRV's offer were unsuccessful up to press time.