JUST IN | PM announces March 2 by-election for Clarendon South East
Published:Wednesday | February 5, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced a by-election for Clarendon South East following the resignation of Ruddy Spencer with immediate effect.
Nomination will be on Wednesday February 12 and the Election Day on Monday March 2.
"As Prime Minister, it is my duty to ensure the proper functioning of the people’s government, which includes keeping the Parliamentary majority intact," Holness said in a statement issued a short while ago.
Government Minister Pearnel Charles Jnr will be the standard bearer for the governing Jamaica Labour Party.
However, the People's National Party has said it will not contest a by-election so soon before an expected general election, constitutionally due by February 25 next year.
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