Constituted Authority activated for Sept 3 polls
DENNIS Lalor and Justice Ransford Langrin have been appointed members of the Constituted Authority, in accordance with Section 44A of the Representation of the People Act.
The appointments, made by Governor General Prof Kenneth Hall, after consultation with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and Leader of the Opposition Bruce Golding, were done as the authority is activated in preparation for the general elections to be held next Monday, September 3.
The four selected commissioners of the Electoral Commission of Jamaica will also comprise the Constituted Authority. They are Professor Errol Miller, chairman of the commission; Dr Herbert Thompson, president of Northern Caribbean University; Dorothy Pine McLarty, and Justice Clarence Walker (retired).
Members of the Constituted Authority are invested with powers to halt an election in any constituency, or to request the Election Court to void an election and hold a fresh one if there are malpractices.
