How To Register A Political Party In Jamaica
The house of representatives on wednesday may 17 approved the political parties registration regulations 2017 resolution.
How to register a political party in jamaica. The regulating of political parties and monitoring of their campaign financing activities should start next year. The political parties registration regulations 2017 forms application for registration of a political party voluntary. The regulations proposed by the electoral commission of jamaica were affirmed by both houses of parliament earlier this year. Prime minister holness announced the gazetting. To qualify as a political party you ll typically need a certain number of signatures.
A new political entity jamaica progressive party jpp has applied to the electoral commission of jamaica ecj to be registered as jamaica s fourth political party. This may simply be a hard number like 1000 or it may be a certain percentage of voters registered in your area like 5 percent. Kingston jamaica the electoral commission of jamaica ecj has registered the country s third political party the united independents congress uic according to the ecj the new party. In the interim though a notification will be put in the press for the public and the public will have 30 days to indicate any objection to the registration of the political party brown said. Prime minister andrew holness says the electoral commission of jamaica ecj will begin the registration of political parties on january 2.
Prior to the passage of the legislation there was no requirement for parties in jamaica to be registered or for their financial arrangements to be regulated. Least one daily newspaper circulated in jamaica and in such other manner as the commission may determine at least once in each oftwo successive. Director of elections glasspole brown said the registrar of political party is going through the process to see whether the political organisation has satisfied all the registration requirements. The political party registration act 2014 mandates the registration of political parties in jamaica and the monitoring of their finances. Political party registration is to start in january of next year.