Gov’t MPs criticise remarks made by Nekeisha Burchell about House Speaker Juliet Holness

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CODIE-ANN BARRETT Senior business reporterJournalist at Jamaica Observer

May 26, 2026

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Gov’t MPs criticise remarks made by Nekeisha Burchell about House Speaker Juliet Holness

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Three Government female parliamentarians have issued statements criticising remarks made by People’s National Party (PNP) representative Nekeisha Burchell about House Speaker Juliet Holness during an episode of the podcast The Fix.

According to statements from Senator Kamina Johnson Smith, Fayval Williams, and Juliet Cuthbert Flynn, the remarks were viewed as inappropriate and disrespectful towards the Speaker of the House.

During the podcast discussion, Burchell criticised the Speaker’s enforcement of the Standing Orders of Parliament and stated:

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