Durrant Pate/ Contributor
The People’s National Party’s (PNP) Andrew Swaby is set to be sworn in as the new mayor of Kingston and St Andrew this Thursday, March 7, at noon.
Swaby, the newly re-elected councillor of the Vinyard Town Division in the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC) had previously served as minority leader in the then Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) controlled KSAMC.
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), through its principal returning officer, will be overseeing the selection of the PNP’s mayoral nominee and the JLP’s deputy mayoral nominee in accordance with the law.
With the final election results from the KSAMC race showing that both parties tied 20-20, the PNP won the popular vote, which gives it the nod to name the mayor of the capital city.
The ECJ revised the outcome of the recent local government elections held on February 26, where its updated tally states that the JLP won control of seven local authorities while the PNP won six, including the Portmore Municipality.
This revision dealt a blow to the Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ), which initially declared seven wins for the JLP and five for the PNP.
The PNP has maintained its claim of victory in the just concluded local government election, arguing that it leads in the popular vote in Kingston and St Andrew and the rest of the island.
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