Jamaica's government plans for new elections in accordance with constitution

Jamaica’s Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs Marlene Malahoo Forte has dismissed claims that Jamaica’s next general elections are constitutionally due by September 2025. “That is not constitutionally correct,” she said at a meeting of the Joint Select Committee on the Constitution (Amendment) (Republic) Act, 2024. She explained that Jamaica does not have fixed election dates. Instead, the Constitution allows Parliament to last up to five years from its first sitting after an election—not from the election date itself. “If elections are not called earlier, Parliament automatically dissolves on the fifth anniversary of its first sitting. Elections must then be held within three months,” Malahoo Forte stated. This is outlined in Section 64 of the Constitution.
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