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;

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