Martin currently VP at Cable & Wireless
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, APRIL 16TH 2008 (CUOPM) – The St. Christopher
and Nevis National Assembly gets a new Speaker on Friday 18th April.
Vice President of Human Resource at Cable and Wireless (St. Kitts and
Nevis) Limited, Mr. Curtis Martin, is expected to be elected Speaker of
the lawmaking body during a regular session. The sitting will be
convened following a Special Session called to pay tribute to his
predecessor, Hon. Marcella Liburd.
According to the Order Paper circulated by the Clerk of the National
Assembly, Mr. Jose Lloyd, the Deputy Speaker and Nevis Reformation
Party (NRP) Parliamentarian, Hon. Patrice Nisbett, will preside over
the start of the sitting.
Leader of Government Business in the National Assembly, Deputy Prime
Minister and Labour Party Parliamentarian, Hon. Sam Condor is expected
to nominate Mr. Martin as Speaker.
The governing St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party holds 7 of the 11 seats in
the National Assembly and is expected to get the support of the elected
members on the Opposition representing the Concerned Citizens Movement
(CCM), the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) and the People’s Action
Movement (PAM).
Following the election of the new Speaker, the Oath of Allegiance will be administered.