As general elections are underway in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, we go live to Kingstown with our special envoy Belen de los Santos who will tell us more on this significant day. teleSUR
00:00And as the general elections are underway in San Vincenzo and the Granadians,
00:18we go once again with Belen de los Santos to tell us how it's been the journey at this time of the day in Kingston.
00:27So, hello Belen, what can you tell us?
00:30At this time of the day in San Vincenzo and the Granadians, we are in the constituency of East St. George.
00:47We are here, we have been, since the polls have been open at 7 a.m., the closing time is 5 p.m.
00:53But, of course, the polling stations will remain open until the last person in the line's votes.
01:00So, we've been talking to the people, everyone has been, well, coming to the polls very early in the day.
01:07One thing to know about San Vincenzo and the Granadians, this nation of about a population of 110,000 people, 101,000 registered to vote,
01:18is that turnout needs to be, and it's usually pretty high, pretty high taking into account that it's a nation where the vote is not mandatory.
01:28Last elections that were in the year 2020 had around a 66% turnout, when you compare it, it usually is around what countries that have mandatory vote are standing.
01:41And, actually, the turnout is expected to be even a little bit higher for this event.
01:47This speaks of a population that is very eager to take part of this democratic event that will shape the five years to come.
01:55Let's remember, also, that St. Vincent and the Granadians has a five-year mandate,
02:01and that these elections are electing the 15 representatives to the only camera of the parliament.
02:08Those 15 representatives will then choose their prime minister.
02:13Whoever the party that gets the majority of those 15 will have the possibility of electing the prime minister.
02:20Both parties are the ULP, the incumbent party led by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves,
02:27and also the NDP, the New Democratic Party.
02:31And this is constituency by constituency.
02:34People are coming at this moment to register their vote,
02:38and we will have, after closing time, we will be closely following those results
02:43to see how those 15 legislators are basically and finally elected.
02:49So, this is what is happening right now.
02:52Remember, we are in East St. George.
02:53That is a little bit below nine kilometers away from Kingstown,
02:59but we will continue to move across the island of St. Vincent,
03:02where we are right now, to bring you everything regarding this election process.
03:07Ana, I go back to you now.
03:10To bring you everything regarding this election process.
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