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The '''People's Freedom Movement''' was a [[political party]] in [[Jamaica]]. It first contested national elections in [[Jamaican general election, 1955|1955]], but received only 647 votes and failed to win a seat.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D.]] (2005), ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp. 433-435. {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> It did not contest any further elections.<ref>Nohlen, p. 432.</ref> |
The '''People's Freedom Movement''' was a [[political party]] in [[Jamaica]]. It first contested national elections in [[Jamaican general election, 1955|1955]], but received only 647 votes and failed to win a seat.<ref name=N1>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D.]] (2005), ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp. 433-435. {{ISBN|978-0-19-928357-6}}</ref> It did not contest any further elections.<ref>Nohlen, p. 432.</ref> The party made a submission to the Joint Select Committee considering Jamaica’s independence Constitution, arguing for the inclusion of a provision in the Constitution that would allow its citizens at a later date to determine in a separate referendum the question of whether Jamaica should become a republic. <ref> http://www.constitutionnet.org/news/jamaicas-drift-towards-republicanism-possible-consequences-caribbean </ref> The submission was not accepted. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 09:29, 27 October 2017
The People's Freedom Movement was a political party in Jamaica. It first contested national elections in 1955, but received only 647 votes and failed to win a seat.[1] It did not contest any further elections.[2] The party made a submission to the Joint Select Committee considering Jamaica’s independence Constitution, arguing for the inclusion of a provision in the Constitution that would allow its citizens at a later date to determine in a separate referendum the question of whether Jamaica should become a republic. [3] The submission was not accepted.
References
- ^ Nohlen, D. (2005), Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp. 433-435. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ^ Nohlen, p. 432.
- ^ http://www.constitutionnet.org/news/jamaicas-drift-towards-republicanism-possible-consequences-caribbean