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Two Candidates Nominated for Clarendon By-election

Two Candidates Nominated for Clarendon South Eastern By-election

Two candidates were duly nominated today, Wednesday, February 12, to contest the by-election in the Clarendon South Eastern constituency, scheduled for March 2.

Independent candidate Dereck Lambert was nominated at 11:04am while Pearnel Charles Jr was nominated at 12:55pm as the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) representative.

Nominations took place at the Vere Technical High School.

The Electoral Office will now advance its preparations for Election Day on March 2. The election in Clarendon South Eastern marks the sixth parliamentary by-election to be held since the 2016 General Election.

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