Mia Amor Mottley has come full circle.
Having been sworn in as Opposition Leader on February 7, 2008, she lost that status in a vote of no-confidence by five of her parliamentary colleagues two years later.Now she’s back, hoping to lead the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) into the next General Election constitutionally due by 2018.
In a virtual replay of 2008 after Owen Arthur shed his mantle as party leader following an election defeat, the granddaughter of former Mayor of Bridgetown Ernest Deighton Mottley and daughter of eminent jurist Elliott Mottley is once again in the ascendancy, having survived a period of uncertainty that threatened to wreck her political career. (RJ)
Full report in tomorrow’s WEEKEND NATION
Mia back at the helm
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