PRIME?MINISTER?Freundel Stuart will be officially appointed President of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) at it’s Annual General Conference next Saturday.
General Secretary, George Pilgrim, said that post will be uncontested and Stuart who has been acting president since he was appointed leader of the Party, last October, will be formally acknowledged as president.
However, all the other positions are up for grabs, Pilgrim stated. He pointed out that 14 persons will be vying for the four positions of Vice President, three for general secretary, six for assistant general secretary and three for treasurer.
Pilgrim, who was giving an update on the conference to members of the media at the party’s headquarters at George Street, Belleville, St Michael, today, also reported that the 30 candidates who will be contesting the next general elections will be introduced.