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Local Gov’t elections called for February 26, nominations next Thursday

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Cabinet minister Desmond McKenzie (centre) gestures in unison with members of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), including party leader and prime minister, Andrew Holness, at its annual conference in 2019 at the National Arena. (Photo: Facebook @jlpjamaica)

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Desmond McKenzie says the 2024 local government elections will be contested on February 26.

McKenzie, speaking on Thursday afternoon (February 1) at the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) campaign launch in Montego Bay, St James, declared that the governing party is confident of victory.

Nomination Day is scheduled for next Thursday, February 8.

For his part, Prime Minister Andrew Holness, noted that the long-awaited Local Government polls, overdue since 2016, were held off due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, the Holness administration further shelved the parish council-level elections in observance of Jamaica’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

NB: An earlier version of this article erroneously stated that Nomination Day was Monday, February 8.

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