1. That Andrew Holness was on the 17th day of February
1998 the member elected for the constituency of West
"
Central Saint Andrew, as having received the majority of
votes lafilly given and has been sworn as member of
parliament of that constituency.
2. That section 4(d) of the election petition act has not
been complied with in that security for the payment of all
costs, charges and expenses that may become payable has
not been given nor notice thereof served on behalf of the
applicant and that the provisions of the section is mandatory
and ;
(I)
That the Constituted Authority as .
established is not exempt by this Section.
(iii) Therefore non-compliance is fatal
and no hrther proceedings may be held on
the application.
That the composition of the Constituted Authority is
illconsidered, inoperative and unworkable by the inclusion
by law of the three selected members of the Electoral
Advisory Committee clothed with the power to decide
whether or not to refer an application to the Election Court
to void an election in a particular constituency on the
grounds ;
3.
The Electoral Advisory Committee is
(I)
an integral component of the Electoral
process and charged with the responsibility to
put machinery in place to prevent any
malpractices such as the Constituted
Authority complains of;
(ii)
That
the
Electoral
Advisory
Committee were active participants in the
election process on election day;
(iii) that the Electoral Advisory Committee
must take responsibility for their contribution
which, intended or not, facilitated any
irregularities on election day;