By Peter Richards
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 12, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley became only the second Caribbean politician to win all the seats in a national parliament on three occasions as she led the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to yet another whitewash of her opponents in the Barbados general election.
Mottley,60, follows former Grenada Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell, who earlier this year announced he was bowing out of active politics after he had become the first regional leader to win all the seats in the Parliament.
But unlike Mitchell, Mottley’s led the BLP to consecutive victories since winning all 30 seats in the Barbados parliament when she became the country’s first female prime minister following the May 24, 2018 general election.
“We are humbled by your confidence and trust. Thank you. Let us now come together as one people to continue building our nation,” the BLP said in a statement posted on its Facebook page.
In Wednesday general election, Mottley comfortably regained her St. Michael North East seat and later told supporters gathered at the party’s headquarters in the heart of the capital that her new cabinet is expected to be sworn in on Monday with the first sitting of the new Parliament scheduled for next Friday.
“Something special happen in the country today,” Mottley told supporters ahead of a planned thank you rally on Saturday.
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