Who won the elections 2020. 2020 Vincentian general election

The NDP candidate for North Leeward, Roland "Patel" Matthews, requested a recount Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
To combat this, Friday proposed several incentives, such as decreasing the national VAT rate and the interest rate on student loans and reforming the port customs system George Laverne Gibson-Velox Marriaqua Bernard Wylie Chieftain Neptune Kadmiel McFee North Leeward Carlos James North Windward Shevern John Northern Grenadines Carlos Williams South Central Windward Israel Bruce South Leeward Minerva Glasgow South Windward Noel Dickson Southern Grenadines Edwin Snagg West Kingstown Deborah Charles West St

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These elections marked the first time since that the party which received the most votes did not win the most seats.

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Instead, the party indicated that it would maintain ties with Taiwan in return for increased investment in SVG
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As the previous elections had been held in , the current elections were constitutionally required to be held by March 2021
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The funding for these initiatives would initially come from abolishing loopholes such as the " Act", which granted the mostly foreign residents of exemptions from tax and customs duties
However, the ULP saw their majority increase by one seat, North Leeward, which the ULP won by 7 votes While the NDP had been advocating for the country to switch recognition from Taiwan to China since 2016, the party moderated its stance after meeting with Vincentians currently studying in Taiwan on scholarship
George MP, criticized the NDP for nominating a returning emigrant like , rather than someone who had been living in the country more recently This situation led many young Vincentians to , further handicapping development

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The National Monitoring and Consultative Mechanism NMCM , a domestic election observer, judged the election to be free and fair overall.

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She was forced to resign instead
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He also proposed an increase in the minimum stipend for workers in the national service
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Gonsalves' son , the incumbent East St