FRIDAY, DECEMBER
04, 2020
VOLUME 114, No.49
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PARLIAMENTARIANS SWORN IN Stories by DAYLE A SILVA
Orando Brewster, in making his maiden speech in the House of Assembly, recognized those who had served in the last parliament but have since retired.
ALL TWENTY-TWO MEMBERS of parliament - fifteen elected and seven appointed members - were on November 30 sworn in during the 1st Session of the 11th Parliament. New members were sworn in on both sides. Carlos James, Curtis King and Orando Brewster took their oaths as newly elected Parliamentary Representatives for the governing Unity Labour Party, along with Julian Francis, Keisal Peters, Rochard Ballah and Ashelle Morgan as Senators. Morgan also took the oath of Deputy Speaker of the House. There were only two new faces on the Opposition side — Fitzgerald Bramble, newly elected Parliamentary Representative for East Kingstown, and Shevern John, the New Democratic Party’s candidate for the North Windward Constituency in the 2020 General Elections as Senator. “It is an honour and privilege to be standing in this House as a new member and to be the youngest,”
Fitzgerald Bramble committed to continue the good work of Arnhim Eustace, his predecessor as MP for East Kingstown.
Brewster said during the segment Representative for Central Leeward allocated for congratulatory remarks. paid tribute to those who served in the He congratulated all the elected members of Parliament, but singled Continued on Page 3. out those who were elected for the first time. Photos Credit: S. Ollivierre/API The first-time Parliamentary
FORDE CONFIRMED
AS FIRST FEMALE SPEAKER
Rochelle Forde, the first female Speaker of the House, will be a testing undertaking, as have most Speakers before her.
Ashelle Morgan – Deputy Speaker of the House.
ATTORNEY AT LAW Rochelle Forde is this country new Speaker of the House of Assembly and the first female to fill that position.Forde, nominated by the Government side, garnered 14 votes to the Opposition’s nominee Kay Bacchus-Baptiste’s 8. And with Senator Ashelle Morgan being installed as
Shevern John – the first woman of Garifuna lineage to sit in the SVG parliament - extended a hand of cooperation to the MP for North Windward.
Deputy Speaker after an uncontested vote, it is a double first for the country with females now occupying both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker for the first time. Continued on Page 3.