Despite Jamaica’s Marriage Act stipulating that a marriage can only be between one man and one woman, the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) is still getting requests from same-sex couples to perform their wedding ceremonies or grant them.
A suggestion by the parliamentary Opposition that a panel of three eminent persons be established to adjudicate on matters that arise in the run-up to the local government elections on February 26 did not find favour with the Government. The.
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) will officially take over the functions of the Office of Political Ombudsman (OPO) ahead of the local government election scheduled for February 26. The development came Tuesday after the Government used its majority in the House of Representatives to pass the Political Ombudsman (Amendment) Act, 2024. The decision came against strong objections from Opposition members and a warning a week earlier from former Government.
The Government has used its superior numbers in Parliament to pass a proposed law that will see the Office of the Public Ombudsman subsumed into the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ), despite strong objections by the Opposition.