Paul Buchanan, the Individuals’s Nationwide Get together (PNP) candidate for St Andrew West Central, has formally utilized to have the outcomes of the September 3 normal election within the constituency put aside, citing alleged irregularities.
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Buchanan submitted the applying on Wednesday to the Constituted Authority, which has two weeks to resolve whether or not to refer the matter to the Election Courtroom.
In a press release Thursday, Buchanan pointed to what he described as incidents of violence and intimidation within the Olympic Gardens and Molynes Gardens Divisions, in addition to irregularities on the Seaward Major College polling station cluster. He alleged that Jamaica Labour Get together (JLP) operatives invaded the cluster and that 18 poll containers have been transported irregularly, arriving on the counting centre as late as 10:00 p.m. He additionally cited voter suppression in Molynes Gardens and malfunctioning of the digital voter identification system, which he mentioned brought about electors to be turned away.
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, chief of the JLP, was declared the winner of the seat with 7,054 votes, defeating Buchanan, who acquired 4,953.
Because the election, the PNP has raised issues about irregularities in a number of constituencies. PNP President Mark Golding beforehand indicated that whereas the occasion wouldn’t search magisterial recounts, it was weighing authorized choices in relation to St Andrew West Central.
The Electoral Workplace of Jamaica (EOJ) has dismissed earlier reviews of lacking or uncounted poll containers, in addition to claims of spoiled ballots in one other constituency.
