The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has despatched a three-member team to Jamaica as part of the International Observers to the electoral process in that country. General elections are being held in Jamaica on Wednesday 16 October, 2002.
The team is led by Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign Policy and Community Relations, CARICOM Secretariat and includes Dr S.R. Surujbally, Chairman of the Elections Commission of Guyana, and Mr Carson Raggie, Chief Elections Officer, Saint Lucia.
Guyana currently holds the Chairmanship of the Conference of Heads of Government while the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia is the Prime Minister with lead responsibility for Justice and Governance in the Community.
The team is scheduled to leave Jamaica on Friday, 18 October 2002.
