2.
Voting at unauthorised location interrupted between
the hours of 11.30 a.m. and approximately 1.OO p.m. as
described by the presiding officer in this way:"Voting was progressing smoothly until
11.30 a.m. when I heard several cars
entering the premises. There was a lot of
noise as they entered. Shortly thereafter
Andrew Holness entered the polling station.
He was accompanied by 10 -12 persons
including his body guard who was wearing a
vest marked 'police. On entering the room
Andrew Holness lifted the ballot box and
said "P.D. 72 must be at St. Stephen's.
Oonu tiefing gal, oonu know that the box
must be at St. Stephen's and oonu thief it
and bring it down here". As he spoke Father
McPherson entered the room and said "no
Mr. Holness I am the one that cause the box
to be here". Andrew Holness said "I don't
want to hear anything from you, all of you
are thieves". He then told Father McPherson
a lot of indecent language.
Father
McPherson sat on a chair and said "tell me
all that you want to tell me. I will listen".
At that stage one of the men who had
accompanied Andrew Holness into the room
said to the indoor agent "Hey gal me a go
kill you". Andrew Holness then said to the
indoor agent "I soon box you in your face".
He raised his hand as if he were about to box
her. The men who accompanied Andrew
Holness to the polling station were behaving
boisterously, and were shouting "come go up
to St. Stephen's, a up there the box fe
work".
The poll clerk had by then left the room with
the Poll Book but the indoor agent remained
with me. I was afraid. Two soldiers then
entered the room and one of them asked me
what was happening. I told him that Andrew
Holness wanted to take the ballot box up to