KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC -Juliet Holness, the spouse of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness and a Member of the Home of Representatives, was on Tuesday elected Speaker, changing Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert who stepped down from the put up and as a legislator final Thursday.
Holness, the parliamentary consultant for St Andrew East Rural, Juliet Holness, was nominated by the performing chief of Authorities enterprise, Delroy Chuck, and seconded by Phillip Paulwell, the Chief of Opposition enterprise within the Parliament.
The seat turned vacant after Dalrymple-Philibert, got here beneath mounting stress to step down following a damning report from the Integrity Fee, which advisable eight felony costs towards her associated to omissions she made on her statutory declarations for the interval 2015-2021 and her failure to declare a six million greenback (One Jamaica greenback=US$0.008 cents) automobile.
Heroy Clarke, a Parliament for St James Central member, has been named the deputy speaker.
The Jamaica Labour Occasion (JLP) enjoys a big majority within the 63-member Parliament, successful 49 seats within the September 3, 2020, normal election, whereas the primary opposition was victorious within the remaining 14 constituencies.
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