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The State Opening of Parliament showcased a Potpourri of Fashion with the Ladies in attendence and providing a wonderful fashion statement was none other than our own Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley who wore a Pauline Bellamy-designed dress with brocaded overcoat.
However, Governor General Dame Sandra Mason alighted from the vehicle resplendent in a gold ensemble, trimmed with black and white and accessorised with a gold pillbox hat, decorated with black accents.
What was however lacking was the cheering party supporters that would have been standing outside the Parliament gate in Bridgetown cheerin on the members of Parliament as they entered.
They were soon joined by Members of Parliament, senators, members of the diplomatic corps and other guests in the Senate for the Governor General’s delivery of the Throne Speech at today’s historic event.
LESC, through proclamation by Governor General Dame Sandra Mason, was appointed as the place where the second session of Parliament should commence creating bit of history.
It is the one occasion when both Houses meet together. The LESC’s Frangipani Room was transformed into the Senate Chamber while the Flamboyant Room was reconfigured as the Chamber of the House of Assembly.
Prime Minister Mottley announced last month that Parliament would be prorogued and a new session would start on September 15.
“The Government has determined that it is necessary that we take fresh guard. The Parliament of Barbados will be prorogued on the 8th of August, 2020, with us resuming in a new session on the 15th of September with a new Throne Speech and with a new direction as to where we must go in order to meet these extraordinarily different circumstances from the original Throne Speech of two years ago,” Mottley said.
