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EAC
chairman urges candidates to be on best behaviour
Miller
ELECTORAL
ADVISORY Committee (EAC) chairman, Professor Errol Miller, issued
a stern reminder to candidates in the upcoming Local Government
elections, that they were being expected to conduct themselves
in a manner becoming of persons in their position, and were
also expected to encourage their agents and supporters to do
likewise.
Professor
Miller was speaking in an address to the nation Sunday night,
which was aired on local media. He reminded candidates that
the conditions for voiding elections through applications
made by the Constituted Authority were much more easily reached
in Local Government elections, than in General Elections,
and so candidates should be on their best behaviour.
"No
candidate will be allowed to win (an election) by fraud,"
Professor Miller affirmed. "Investment in illegal activities
is a waste of time, energy and resources."
Professor
Miller went on to say that the EAC and Electoral Office of
Jamaica (EOJ) were fully prepared for Local Government elections
and would be approaching them with the same level of seriousness
that they did for the General Elections.
"We
do not see this election as being any less important than
the General Election," Professor Miller said. "Every
exercise of the sovereignty of the people, through election
of their representatives, must be treated with the utmost
respect and conducted with the highest level of integrity
and efficiency."
Professor
Miller added that all the necessary logistical arrangements
for the elections had been made and he expected them to be
even better run than last year's General Election.
He
urged members of the public to check the Voters' List to ensure
that they were on it, follow all the necessary protocol governing
electors, and to go to the polls on June 19 to exercise their
democratic franchise.
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