PM Announces May 7 Election

Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham announced in a National Address yesterday evening that the next general election will be held on 7 May 2012.

The National Address came six hours after Parliament was officially dissolved by a proclamation from Governor General Sir Arthur Foulkes. Provost Marshall Ellison Greenslade read the proclamation on the steps of the House of Assembly at 2pm.

Parliament would be re-convened on 23 May 2012.

A copy of the Prime Minister’s National Address may be downloaded here.