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Weekly Report - 03 December 2015 (WR-15-48)
REGION: General elections throw up surprises
Three general elections in the English-speaking Caribbean have dominated the sub-regional press this week: elections that have already been held but might have to be restaged; elections that are going to be held; and elections that were going to be held but will now be held later. In Trinidad & Tobago a legal ruling on 30 November permitted a petition by the opposition United National Congress (UNC) to challenge the results from general elections on 7 September to be heard; in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is trying to secure a fourth term on 9 December at the head of the Unity Labour Party (ULP); and in Jamaica, Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller has opted against holding widely anticipated snap elections this month.
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