Barbados Today News: New NUPW president chosen amid low turnout, challenge to election
Channel: Barbados Today
Date: 2021-08-20

As if months-long internal warfare was not enough, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is mired in fresh controversy over the election of Kimberly Agard as president amid exceptionally low turnout on Thursday.

At around 7:30 p.m., Agard was declared the winner with 393 votes, with her only challenger, Fabian Jones amassing just 183. Her entire team that included the candidates for 1st Vice President, Charles Bostic, 2nd Vice President, O’brien Smith and Treasurer, Roy Greenidge also secured their positions on the union’s Executive Council by convincing margins.

But mere moments after the results were made public, the losing candidate for the top position immediately voiced numerous concerns about the “integrity” of the vote and called for an urgent review of the election and a possible do-over.

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