Last Updated on May 23, 2020, 7:19 AM AST by Anthony Morris
St Kitts & Nevis Supervisor of Elections, Elvin Bailey, announced on Friday that local civil society would be the only election observers on Election Day, June 5th. Bailey announced without any of the three associations involved have received a formal request from him to do so.
According to a reliable source, the leadership of the Chamber of Industry & Commerce, the Christian Council, and the Evangelical Association were all surprised at the premature announcement which was made before even a letter of invitation had been received by any of the three organizations.
The source also revealed that Supervisor Bailey made his misleading public announcement after outgoing Prime Minister Timothy Harris instructed him to deceive the public, because of the embarrassment of forgetting to invite international observers. This is another of a long list of examples of the Harris Government’s ongoing deceit and incompetence on matters related to the management of COVID-19 and St Kitts and Nevis Federal elections which Harris is expected to lose.
St Kitts and Nevis is observing parliamentary elections on June 05 and nominations are started from May 27.
The opposition, St Kitts and Nevis Labour Party and outgoing government of Team Unity is all prepared for elections, the
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political atmosphere in the country has already started to heat up.
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