Jamaica's New Government: Post Election Results and Nation Awaits Naming of New Cabinet

Jamaica's 8th Prime Minister, the Honorable Orette Bruce Golding, was sworn in at 4:20 p.m. yesterday.

He pledged allegiance to Jamaica and planned to stamp-out corruption by having bi-partisan participation (both government and opposition members) on important committees that would ensure the proper accountability of the collection and spending of tax payers' money.

He also promised to enforce the laws and to modify the Constitution of Jamaica, to better ensure the protection of the human rights of Jamaicans.

The nation now awaits his naming of the members of Cabinet and the rest of the Parliament. This should occur tomorrow.

The members of Cabinet should be sworn in at 11:00 a.m on Friday, September 14, 2007.

(Please see Girl With a Purpose Blog's suggested Cabinet members, in our previous post, "Jamaica's New Government: Swearing In and Proposed New Cabinet".)

The results of the Magisterial recount that occurred in South East St.Mary is now known: the JLP's Mr. Tarn Peralto keeps his seat. He won by 37 votes, over the PNP's Mr. Harry Douglas.

The seat count in Jamaica's 60-member Parliament, remains at:

1) The JLP: 33 seats

2) The PNP: 27 seats

The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) is seeking advice from the Solicitor General, re whether or not it should count the ballots in the 2 ballot boxes for South East St. Mary,that were found on Monday, September 10, 2007, locked, but not counted in the preliminary and final counts by the EOJ.

The Resident Magistrate refused to include the suspect boxes in the Magisterial recount on the grounds that the responsibility for their inclusion, actually belonged to the EOJ.

Gillian

Sources Include:

1) Power 106 News at 5:00 p.m. September 12, 2007

2) Television Jamaica's 7:00 p.m. Nightly News, September 11,2007

3) Article, "Bruce takes charge - Golding sworn in as Jamaica's eight Prime Minister",by Edmond Campbell, News Coordinator, Jamaica Gleaner, September 12, 2007