PNP committee accepts NWU delegates for presidential poll

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PNP committee accepts NWU delegates for presidential poll

The more than four dozen delegates chosen by the National Workers’ Union (NWU) will be added to the voters’ list for the People’s National Party’s (PNP) presidential election scheduled for Saturday. That was the ruling by an...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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