Holness confirms no Seivwright Gardens Division by-election
Ainsworth Morris / Our Today
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Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness on Monday confirmed that the by-election for the Seivwright Gardens Division will not be held on September 3, as previously announced.
Holness announced on August 10 at a JLP mass rally in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew that there would be by-elections held on September 3, the same day of the general election, for four local government divisions in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC)—will be held for the divisions Chancery Hall, Olympic Gardens, Seivwright Gardens, and Denham Town.
Following that, attorneys for the Mayor of Kingston, Andrew Swaby, wrote to Director of Elections Glasspole Brown, asking him to halt arrangements for a by-election in the Seivwright Gardens Division, pending consultation with Swaby.
In a letter dated August 12, Swaby’s attorneys at Luke Phillips & Co, said the proper procedure for scheduling the by-election was not followed.
On Monday, Holness, speaking to reporters after his nomination at the Waltham Park New Testament Church of God to contest the St Andrew West Central seat, told reporters: “Just to be clear, the law gives the authority to call a by-election when there is a vacancy. To the mayor, the mayor was not so minded, so we could not call a by-election for the Seivright Gardens.”
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