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Prime Minister Mia Mottley Saturday named a 30-member Cabinet, less than a 48 hours after she led her Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to a clean sweep of all 30 seats in the Parliament.<\/p>

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She has also indicated plans were afoot to reform the Constitution to allow for the main opposition party to name two persons in the Senate given the results of the May 24 general election.<\/p>\n

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Mottley, the first woman to head a government in this Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country, said that the members of the Cabinet will be sworn in at a public event on Sunday at a venue opposite the government headquarters on the outskirts of the capital.<\/p>

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\u201cMembers of the public are also welcomed to attend and to witness the swearing in of the people\u2019s government,\u201d she said, adding that the Cabinet \u201cwill be relatively large because I have not only considered the mandate given to us by the people but also the scope of the work to be done and the level of expertise at our disposal among elected members\u201d.<\/p>

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In a radio and television broadcast, she said she would be holding the ministers to \u201cvery high standards of efficiency and productivity and therefore offered to share the workload across a significant portion of the parliamentary group.<\/p>\n

She argued that the theory of a small cabinet would \u201ccreate an unrealistic setting for members to function effectively and to produce in this prevailing environment.<\/p>

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\u201cGiven the dire state of our economy and the tremendous work that will be involved in rescuing and rebuilding this country, the salaries of a few extra ministers are insignificant given that there will be extra savings from the containment of wastage and the curtailment of corruption in my Cabinet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 53-year-old Prime Minister said that from the structure and layout of the Cabinet, there would be the \u201ctraditional bedrock portfolios\u201d as well as embracing new concepts and initiatives.<\/p>

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She said that these are all vital components of the new \u201cmultifaceted government and economy we are seeking to create all of which was outlined very clearly in our manifesto\u201d.<\/p>

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In her broadcast, Prime Minister Mottley said that given the composition of the new Parliament and in keeping with the provisions of the law that three members of the Senate appointed to the Cabinet, \u201cwe shall comply with the Constitution\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in that vein we have constructed the new government of Barbados,\u2019 she said and that she has discussed the situation with the Governor General Sandra Mason, in particular, the fact that the Constitution does not make provisions for opposition Senators in the absence of a Leader of the Opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have discussed the need for an urgent amendment of the Constitution to allow the opposition political party securing the highest number of votes to recommend two appointments to the Senate because we believe that even though there has been no official leader of the opposition, my government would wish to have accommodated the views of the main opposition party that secured the largest amount of votes.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there were seven political parties that contested last Thursday\u2019s general election, the Democratic Labour Party (DLP), which had formed the government over the past 10 years, emerged as the second highest in terms of voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only fair to the country that therefore those amendments be made to be able to secure their voice rather than to have them absent from the Parliament of Barbados,\u201d she said, adding that in the event that the DLP failed to take up the offer, the Governor General will appoint two Senators \u201cacting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister\u201d after consultation with various stakeholder groups.<\/p>\n

The following is the list of the names of the new Cabinet.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrime Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment \u2013 Mia Mottley<\/p>\n

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs \u2013 Dale Marshall<\/p>\n

Minister of Education, Technological and Vocational Training and Leader of Government Business \u2013 Santia Bradshaw<\/p>\n

Minister of Housing, Lands and Rural Development \u2013 George Payne<\/p>\n

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Leader of Government Business in the Senate \u2013 Senator Dr Jerome Walcott<\/p>\n

Minister of International Business and Industry \u2013 Ronald Toppin<\/p>\n

Minister of Environment and National Beautification \u2013 Trevor Prescod<\/p>\n

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs \u2013 Cynthia Forde<\/p>\n

Minister of Tourism and International Transport \u2013 Kerrie Symmonds<\/p>\n

Minister of Transport Works and Maintenance \u2013 Dr William Duguid<\/p>\n

Minister of Health and Wellness \u2013 Jeffrey Bostic<\/p>\n

Minister of Home Affairs \u2013 Edmund Hinkson<\/p>\n

Minister of Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Commerce \u2013 Dwight Sutherland<\/p>\n

Minister of Energy and Water Resources \u2013 Wilfred Abrahams<\/p>\n

Minister in the Ministry of Finance \u2013 Ryan Straughn<\/p>\n

Minister in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Investment \u2013 Marsha Caddle<\/p>\n

Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade \u2013 Sandra Husbands<\/p>\n

Minister of Labour and Social Partnership Relations \u2013 Colin Jordan<\/p>\n

Minister in the Ministry of Housing, Lands and Rural Development \u2013 Charles Griffith<\/p>\n

Minister of Youth and Community Empowerment \u2013 Adrian Forde<\/p>\n

Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy \u2013 Kirk Humphrey<\/p>\n

Minister of Agriculture and Food Security \u2013 Indar Weir<\/p>\n

Minister in the Ministry of Transport Works and Maintenance \u2013 Peter Phillips<\/p>\n

Minister of the Creative Economy, Culture and Sports \u2013 John King<\/p>\n

Minister of Innovation, Science and Smart Technology \u2013 Senator Kay McConney<\/p>\n

Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Public Affairs- Senator Lucille Moe<\/p>\n

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