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Signs are any time from March 30Electionby April1ELECTION FREQUENCYBY MONTHJan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov DecCopyright Gleaner Publications 1993by Carl WintGleaner Associate EditorINDICATIONS are that general elections could be held between March 31 and April 8»On Tuesday the Government began clearing its legislative calendar with a vengeance. It passed the Securities Bill, approved several financial resolutions, and passed four pieces af social legislation — the National Council on Education Act, 1993, the Jamaican Nationality (Amendment) Act, 1993, the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act, 1993 and the Citizenship(Constitutio-fial Amendment) Act, 1993.i The Securities Bill will go before the Senate today. The House will also sit again next Tuesday to debate the Fair Competition Bill and that will go before the Senate on March 12 It seems clear, therefore that Parliament will not be dissolvedbefore friday March 12There is no prescribed date between dissolution of Parliament and Nomination Day In recent times only a day has separated the two. In earlier days the gap was much wider For instance Parliament was dissolved on Saturday, November 20, 1954 and Nomination Day was 30 days later on Monday, December 20, 1954. Elections were held on Wednesday January 12, 1955, 23 days later.In 1959 Parliament was dissolved on Wednesday, July 1 while Nomination Day was on July 6 with elections being held on Tuesday, July 28, Independence came in 1962, but in that year Parliament was dissolved on March 14 with Nomination Day set for Monday, March 19 and Electilt;of March 8 If the list was to be delivered, say, next Tuesday or Wednesday there is a possibility that Mr. Patterson could immediately announce the date of the elections, scheduling March 15 as Nomination Day and Election Day for March 31It is unlikely that he would risk calling elections on April 1, All Fool’s day.Of the 11 elections held since Universal Aduilt Suffrage in 1944 five have been held on aPrim could t timetable.Saturday, decide to date asSenstMhto hebih ties bffflfeOuly that tit 'mid» Mota 1949, 1959,1962,2. Mite roiAtiyWoirlast three eteti btetl on Thursdays 1983 and 1989.xlose to thatelectionsAnd he un# would dpt want tois to the sensi-rch it is unlike-want-to call oly Thursday.election day wasIp 1955 it was onas also in Js89K. ,aa**»» Political leaders have favoured Mondays as. Nomination JCMM Week, which n Jl|ra 10 u April 19.go intoruns from t He could, hflaMver, ft for Tuesday, April Iptf he M'not overly sensitive *Mft the reaction of the Chut# factions beingheld in it# W4|k.The BkfctarfWJHke premises the Final Ynnm weekELECTIONDay naming it on eightaccastons of the 11. The departures were a Thursday in 1944, 1980 and 1983.- Some observers have noted a growing anxiety on the part of the electorate that the elec-tientDot be dragged out and so become more vulnerable to po-lhkit violence.ENCY BY DAYMONTUESWEDTHURS FRI SATCopyright Gleaner Publications 1993
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