The two Anglophone powerhouses of the Caribbean, and inveterate rivals, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica will hold elections within weeks of each other. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness confirmed his intention to seek re-election for the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) last week. Holness, like Keith Rowley, who was sworn-in as Trinidad & Tobago’s prime minister at the helm of the People’s National Movement (PNM) on 19 August after a partial recount confirmed the party’s re-election nine days earlier, has received plaudits for his government’s handling of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. But unlike Rowley, Holness has re-opened the country to tourism in a bid to revive the economy, and there has been a steady uptick in Covid-19 infections, now in four figures. Delaying a general election risked these taking off, potentially damaging the JLP’s re-election bid.
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