Orrette Fisher
October 29, 2017
Director of elections seeks injunction to prevent termination
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hugh Wildman, attorney representing Director of Elections Orrette Fisher, is expected to return to the Supreme Court tomorrow to seek an injunction barring the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) from terminating Fisher’s one-year contract.
The contract period ends tomorrow.
Wildman explained to OBSERVER ONLINE that the Electoral Commission (Interim) Act mandates that any appointment to the office of Director of Elections must be for seven years.
The Director of Elections is nominated by the eight commissioners of the ECJ, but only six — three selected and three nominated — have to be in agreement in order to effect his dismissal.