G2K lauds Holness on CPA election

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Generation 2000 (G2K) is congratulating Speaker of the House of Representatives Juliet Holness on her election as vice-chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), describing the achievement as significant for Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.

Holness was elected during the 69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, becoming the first Jamaican woman to hold the position.

Her election also marks Jamaica’s return to the CPA’s leadership, more than three decades after former Speaker of the House, the late Headley Cunningham, served as vice-chairperson from 1992 to 1993.