PAM Leader – Mr. Lindsay Grant
Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
The People’s Action Movement
June 23, 2012
The People’s Action Movement Leader Mr. Lindsay Grant has announced that the party’s first new candidate for the next general election will be announced and launched on July 20th.
The announcement was made at the party’s annual East Basseterre Father’s Day Luncheon . Grant stated that the process in at least one of the vacant constituencies is near completion and that constituency will launch it’s new candidate on July 20th.
“Come July 20th the party will officially begin the rolling out of our candidates and the first new candidate for the upcoming election will be launched,†said PAM Leader Grant.
The dynamic party leader however did not give any indication to the constituency where the launch will take place. According to party Deputy Chairperson Jonel Powell a number of constituencies have begun and are nearing the ending of their candidate selection and election processes.
“All the constituencies have long begun and are in some cases either completed or nearing the completion of their respective candidate selection and election processes and as was indicated by the Party Leader Lindsay Grant we will begin to roll out our candidates beginning on July 20th,†said PAM Deputy Chairperson Lawyer Jonel Powell.
“We are currently ensuring that all the constituencies are following candidate selection guidelines, rules and regulations as laid our in our constituion as we want to ensure that once candidates are selected the constituency and the candidate would’ve met and followed all the rules and procedure and processes that is required by the party’s constitution,” continued Deputy Chairperson Powell.
Powell indicated that over the next few months the candidates for each constiuency will be identified and no later than November this process of announcing and launching of new candidates should be at or near completion.