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Prime Minister Andrew Holness Sunday announced September 3 as the date for the general elections in Jamaica as his ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) seeks a third consecutive term in office.
Nomination Day will be August 18.
Holness, 53, addressing a rally at Half Way Tree, a neighbourhood in the city of Kingston, told supporters that he had earlier on Sunday informed the Governor General Sir Patrick Allen of the decision to call the poll.
“My fellow Jamaicans you now know the time, you now know the date. I ask you to choose wisely,” Holness told the large crowd at the JLP rally.
The JLP is expected to face a strong challenge from the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP), which won 14 of the 63 seats in the Parliament in the 2020 general election.
PNP General Secretary, Dr Dayton Campbell, said the party has done the necessary groundwork and is ready to present its vision for Jamaica’s future.
Campbell, speaking at a party event on Saturday night, told Prime Minister Holness “tell the people of the country … Nomination Day is August 18 and the election day is September 3. “Call the election so that Mark Golding (PNP leader) can become prime minister,” Campbell added.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 10, CMC
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