Minister of Culture,Gender, Entertainmentand Sport Olivia âBabsyâGrange, who is also theMember of Parliamentfor St Catherine Central,playfully drapes JulianRobinson, Oppositionspokesman on scienceand technology and MPfor St Andrew SouthEastern, with a greenscarf after the Houseadjourned yesterday.(Photos: Garfield Robinson)
August 12, 2020
Inside and outside the House yesterday
Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday and during a sitting of the House of Parliment announced September 3, 2020 as the date for Jamaica’s 18th general election since universal adult suffrage in 1944.
Here are some scenes from inside and outside the Parliament.
Olivia “Babsy” Grange, the Member of Parliament for St Catherine Central,and Julian Robinson, MP for St Andrew South Eastern engage in a bit ofbanter with her green scarf and his orange necktie after the House adjournedyesterday. Green is the colour of Grange’s Jamaica Labour Party, whileRobinson’s People’s National Party uses the colour orange.
Opposition Leader Dr Peter Phillips, who is also the Member of Parliament for St Andrew East Central, isgreeted by supporters outside Parliament last evening after the House adjourned following the announcementby Prime Minister Andrew Holness that Jamaicans will go to the polls on September 3, 2020.
Portland Western Member of Parliament(MP) Daryl Vaz (right) greets hisOpposition counterpart NoelArscott, the MP forClarendon SouthWestern, who will notbe seeking re-electionoutside GordonHouse yesterdaybefore the sittingof the House,during whichPrime MinisterAndrew Holnessannounced thegeneral electionfor September 3,2020.
Prime Minister AndrewHolness (left), the Memberof Parliament for StAndrew West Central, andAudley Shaw, the ministerof industry, commerce,agriculture and fisheries, whoalso represents Manchester NorthEastern in the House, give theJamaica Labour Party’s victorysalute after the adjournment of theParliament yesterday followingHolness’s announcement of theSeptember 3 election date.
Prime Minister AndrewHolness, dressed in hisgreen Desert Clarks, bowsto the presiding officer(Speaker of House) on enteringthe chamber of Parliamentyesterday. Holness, who hadlong said the country will knowwhen he is about to call theelection wheh he dons the pairof green shoes, announced thatJamaicans will vote in a generalelection on September 3.
