Antigua parliament sets new date for voters' register

PM Lester Bird
(UN Photo)

Friday, October 10, 2003

ST JOHN'S, Antigua: Antigua & Barbuda's new voters' register will be published by 15th of November, once parliamentary approval is given at its sitting later this month. 

Prime Minister Lester Bird, in a recent government communiqué, said he will move an amendment to the Representation of the People Act on Tuesday, 14th October, to extend the time for the preparation and publication of a revised register of electors. After the publication of the new list the Electoral Commission is required to publish another by 31, March, 2004. 

Antigua and Barbuda's political parties are gearing up for a general election that though, constitutionally due next year, is widely expected to be held before the end of this year, according to CMC reports.

The Bird amendment comes after the Electoral Commission failed to publish the list by the 30th September deadline. 

Officials say the failure was due to the injunction granted by the courts preventing the completion of Claims and Objections in the St John's Rural East Constituency. The commission is also hearing appeals against a number of rulings made by registration officers. 

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