Elections
More UPM cracks emerge into full public view
(CNS): The continued disunity and disagreements among the UPM caucus and its inner circle came into public view again this week when MPs and ministers played out their differences on the government-owned radio station. Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly made it clear she didn’t support the fee hike proposed on the Credit Union, and McKeeva Bush called […]
Hew: Voters need to know more about politics
(CNS): Joey Hew, the Progressives leader-in-waiting, has said that he and his party will make a concerted effort in the coming weeks to raise voters’ awareness of how government and politics work in the Cayman Islands. Hew said that a poll and round-table discussions commissioned by the party had revealed a lack of knowledge of […]
Hew eyes premier’s job as he takes on PPM leadership
(CNS): Joey Hew told a crowd of the party faithful at the Progressive National Council Meeting at the weekend that he didn’t plan to “get too attached” to the job of opposition leader as he believes his party will be returned to government after next year’s election. Although Hew, who represents George Town North, was […]
MPs vote against EBC report for lack of public engagement
(CNS): Acting Premier André Ebanks explained to MPs on Friday why the premier’s office and Cabinet have suggested that they should reject the Electoral Boundary Commission’s 2023 report, which recommended altering most of the constituency boundaries within the districts and renaming them with numbers or adding a new seat in Bodden Town. Ebanks made it […]
UPM entirely rejects election boundary report
(CNS): Cabinet has rejected the Electoral Boundary Commission’s report and recommendations on how to address the imbalances in the Cayman Islands’ democratic landscape. According to a Cabinet note regarding a 27 June meeting, which was released by the government on Wednesday, the UPM supports a motion by Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly to establish a new boundary […]
Parliament may not approve boundary report before elections
(CNS): It has been almost eleven months since the Electoral Boundary Commission finished its report and made recommendations to the Cayman Islands Government about how to address the significant disparity between constituencies across Grand Cayman, but in that time, the UPM government has failed to tell the people what it plans to do.
McField angry as UPM ignores boundary report
(CNS): More than eight months after the 2023 Electoral Boundary Commission handed over its report on a revised election landscape, local attorney Steve McField is enraged that the Cayman Islands Government has failed to deal with it. McField and his fellow commissioners, EBC Chairperson Dr Lisa Handley and Adriannie Webb, worked for several months on the […]
JOCC reveals plan to review campaign financing
(CNS): Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly has revealed her intention to look at campaign financing, which she said was a “very big concern”. Although this is a “very delicate subject” that most politicians do not want to discuss, it is something that the people do want to discuss, she said when she appeared on Radio Cayman’s talk […]
Poll: Should Cayman have territory-wide MPs?
(CNS): Of the five British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands is the only one that does not have “at-large” (territory-wide) elected political representatives among its legislative body. The fact that the constitutions of other BOTs allow for this demonstrates that it would be possible to amend our Constitution and introduce at-large MPs […]
Revised constituencies stick to historic boundaries
(CNS): A draft report from the 2023 Electoral Boundary Commission sticks to the Cayman Islands’ six traditional districts but redraws constituency lines within those districts. The new proposed election landscape has created constituencies that differ significantly in population size countrywide but are more evenly balanced within the districts of West Bay, George Town, Bodden Town, […]
Election maps change within districts
(CNS): The 2023 Electoral Boundary Commission has unveiled its proposed new election maps impacting 15 constituencies, including the Sister Islands, where the dividing line on Cayman Brac has been moved slightly. But the commissioners have not crossed district boundary lines or merged East End and North Side, leaving Bodden Town with four supersized constituencies.
