Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Friday announced that the delayed local government elections will be held this year.
“We believe in democracy. We believe in people’s choices. We believe that for our country to continue to evolve, for development to come flowingly to our people, that we must have local government elections. We are going to have local government elections this year. We have budgeted billions of dollars for local government elections and we are going to have local government [elections] this year,” Dharamlall told the National Assembly on Friday during his contribution to the budget debate.