House Speaker scolds Opposition over mace incident

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Juliet Holness, has strongly admonished Member of Parliament for St Andrew South Western, Dr Angela Brown Burke, and her Opposition colleagues following last Tuesday's incident in which Brown Burke lifted the mace from its place in the House.In an address at the start of today's sitting, Holness said she wished to revisit the matter to remind members of the House and the country of the standards by which Parliament must conduct itself.