{"id":23660,"date":"2019-01-24T16:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=23660"},"modified":"2019-01-24T16:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T20:59:21","slug":"bvi-to-hold-general-elections-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/bvi-to-hold-general-elections-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"BVI to hold General Elections Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A General Election will be held in this British Overseas Territory on February 25.<\/p>

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 The much anticipated date was announced  in the House of Assembly on Wednesday by Premier Dr. Orlando Smith, shortly after he declared the House dissolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Five known political organisations have declared that they will contest the upcoming poll.<\/p>

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They are the main political parties \u2013 the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Virgin Islands Party (VIP). <\/p>

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Other parties fielding candidates are  the Progressives United and the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fifth party is the newly-formed Reform Action Alliance however it has not announced any of its candidates since launching on January 1.<\/p>

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Last November, Governor Augustus Jaspert announced that a general election would be held earlier than scheduled based  on advice from the Premier, who decided to forego a by-election for the Fifth Electoral District.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That district  became vacant in October following the death of Representative Delores Christopher .<\/p>

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