How To Register A Political Party In Jamaica

Pass around a paper or online form that announces it as a petition to create a political party.

How to register a political party in jamaica. The house of representatives on wednesday may 17 approved the political parties registration regulations 2017 resolution. Political party registration is to start in january of next year. 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. 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.

Prime minister holness announced the gazetting. The regulating of political parties and monitoring of their campaign financing activities should start next year. 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. 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.

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. This is in keeping with the political party registration regulations and amendments to the representation of the people act. Prime minister andrew holness says the electoral commission of jamaica ecj will begin the registration of political parties on january 2. The political parties registration regulations 2017 forms application for registration of a political party voluntary. 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.