WE WERE NOT READY …Supervisor of elections says more time was needed

The Antigua Sun Supervisor of Elections Lorna Simon said the Electoral Commission was in fact not ready to carry out the elections on 12 March. In February, Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission Nathaniel “Paddy” James came under fire for saying that the commission was not ready to conduct the elections and the Chairman Sir Gerald Watt, Q.C, had actually been advised by the other members of the commission to ask the prime minister to delay the announcement of the elections. The final word by the chairman was that that was never the case and the commission was in full readiness.