In an unprecedented move, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has invited two organisations to observe the February 11 General Election following concerns raised about the voters’ list.
She addressed the matter yesterday after completing her nomination process at St Matthew’s Primary School for her eighth General Election after first contesting the St Michael North East seat in 1991.
Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne and others have raised concerns about some voters not being on the list, but Mottley said Thorne’s approach was dangerous.
The Prime Minister, stressing that she would go to great ends to protect Barbados’ reputation, revealed that she took the decision to “do what Barbados has never had to do before” and, after speaking yesterday with the secretaries general of CARICOM and the Commonwealth, invited the organisations to observe the elections.
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