Jamaica’s native authorities election is to be held on February 26, Native Authorities Minister Desmond McKenzie introduced.
He made the announcement a short time in the past at a Jamaica Labour Occasion assembly, on the Montego Bay Conference Centre in St James.
Nomination Day is February 8.
The native authorities election, which is constitutionally due each 4 years, was final held in November 2016. It was on account of be held in November 2020 however was postponed because the world was nonetheless grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic — despite the fact that the final election was held in September of that yr.
It was postponed once more in January 2022 for a similar purpose — COVID-19.
In 2022, for a 3rd time, the native authorities election was postponed till no later than February 28, 2024.
On the time, Minister McKenzie defined that the third postponement would enable the nation to proceed its post-COVID-19 financial restoration.
McKenzie had additionally famous that the postponement will present additional time to conclude consultations concerning Portmore changing into Jamaica’s fifteenth parish. However in a current replace, Prime Minister Andrew Holness stated the regulation to make Portmore a parish wouldn’t be prepared earlier than the election was on account of occur.
Prime Minister Holness prepared
Final month, Prime Minister Holness declared his get together’s readiness for the polls.
In a January assembly with the get together’s senior officers, he obtained experiences on the get together’s readiness for an election.
Stories had been submitted by Chairman Robert Montague, Common Secretary Dr Horace Chang, Deputy Chairman Dr. Aundre Franklyn, Chairman of Space Council One Desmond McKenzie, and Occasion Treasurer Aubyn Hill.
In an announcement, Holness stated that primarily based on the experiences he obtained, he was “assured within the prospects of the Jamaica Labour Occasion for the upcoming elections, as the inner polling numbers confirmed the Jamaica Labour Occasion sustaining a robust lead in a majority of parish council seats.”
The Jamaican authorities has put aside some $1.7 billion for the native authorities election.
