As the local government election campaign reaches fever pitch, political flags and posters are being mounted in public spaces in sections of the island in clear violation of the political code of conduct. Across the Corporate Area, buildings and.
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On February 26, Jamaicans will again face the decision of whether to go to the polls to vote in a local government (LG) elections. The majority of eligible voters will not vote. In the last LG elections, only 30 per cent of Jamaicans on the voters.
The Government has given due consideration to subsuming the Office of the Political Ombudsman (OPO) into the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) carefully and extensively, and strongly believes it is the right decision. The ECJ is definitely the.
You have to assume that Jamaica’s political leaders take local government, or at least the idea of it, seriously. In 2015 they went as far as to root the institution in the island’s Constitution. In practice, however, there are real questions.