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Weekly Report - 03 March 2016 (WR-16-09)
JAMAICA: Opposition JLP wins by slimmest margin
As we go to press Andrew Holness is being sworn in as prime minister of Jamaica after leading the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) to victory in the most closely contested general elections since the country’s independence in 1962. The JLP will have a majority of just one seat having won in 32 constituencies to 31 for the People’s National Party (PNP), which tasted defeat after just one term in power.
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