Election delinquents - Munroe calls for action against candidates who failed to file returns
Published:Wednesday | April 13, 2016 | 12:00 AM
***(Editor's Note: In the cases of Derrick Kellier, Ronald Thwaites, Ansel Lee, and Robert Chin, the Electoral Commission of Jamaica has subsequently indicated that they did in fact file their returns ahead of the deadline.)
The Electoral Commission of Jamaica has indicated that 41 of the 152 candidates who contested the February 25 general election did not meet the April 6 deadline to file returns on their election expenses with the returning officer in their respective constituencies.
With this in mind, Professor Trevor Munroe, executive director of National Integrity Action, has called for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and other relevant law enforcement bodies to institute proceedings against the delinquent candidates in breach of Section 101 of the Representation of the People Act.
See below the list of the 41 individuals not included by the ECJ among those who filed on time.
Below is the full list
LIST OF DELINQUENT CANDIDATES
NAME PARTY CONSTITUENCY
1. Joseph Witter PNP Kingston Western
2. ***Ronald Thwaites PNP Kingston Central
3. Paul Buchannan PNP St Andrew West Rural
4. Anthony Hylton PNP St Andrew Western
5. Omar Davies PNP St Andrew Southern
6. Andre Hylton PNP St Andrew Eastern
7. Donovan Isaacs PNP St Andrew North Western
8. Marsha Francis PNP St Thomas Western
9. Vernon Hemmings PNP Portland Western
10. Jolyan Silvera PNP St Mary Western
11. Anthony Henry PNP St James North Western
12. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams PNP St James West Central
13. ***Derrick Kellier PNP St James Southern
14. Wynter McIntosh PNP Hanover Eastern
15. Desmond Brennan PNP Clarendon North Central
16. Noel Arscott PNP Clarendon South Western
17. Rudyard Mears PNP St Catherine South Western
18. Fitz Jackson PNP St Catherine Southern
19. Clinton Clarke PNP St Catherine West Central
20.*** Robert Chin JLP Kingston Central
21. Trevor Webb JLP St Andrew Western
22. Dennis Messias JLP St Andrew Southern
23. Charlton Collie JLP St Andrew South Eastern
24. Delano Seiveright JLP St Thomas Eastern
25. Jason James JLP St Mary Central
26. Ivan Anderson JLP St Ann South Eastern
27. Othneil Lawrence JLP St Ann North Western
28. Horace Chang JLP St James North Western
29. Omar Frith JLP Manchester North Western
30. Rudyard Spencer JLP Clarendon South Eastern
31. Welton Shettlewood JLP St Catherine Southern
32. Kerensia Morrison JLP St Catherine North Central
33. Alando Terrelonge JLP St Catherine East Central
34. *** Ansel Lee MGPPP Kingston Central
35. Robert Cover MGPPP St Thomas Western
36. Garth Barnett MGPPP St Catherine North Central
37. Rosemarie Higgins-Campbell NDM St Andrew North Western
38. Astor Black NDM St James Southern
39. Curtis Campbell NDM St Catherine South Eastern
40. Lloyd Smith NDM St Catherine North Central
41. Upton Blake PPP St Catherine South Western