{"id":211882,"date":"2024-09-18T13:54:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=211882"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T18:10:00","slug":"question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-220202494\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-2764021393\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ce741a73-c70c-446b-af7f-da2abe2b62bb.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Question of the Day:<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"antig-2236560055\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1920\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:169\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:576\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:432\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1536\/h:864\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Full-ABLP-Team-Digital-Billboard-1920x1080px.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians to ensure impartiality and independence, or is it reasonable to expect sitting MPs to remain unbiased in the role?<\/p>\n<div id=\"antig-541460300\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" aria-label=\"Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:192\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Hadeed_WEB_Banner_MG-2.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians to ensure impartiality and independence, or is it reasonable to expect sitting MPs to remain unbiased in the role?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":211885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians? - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians to ensure impartiality and independence, or is it reasonable to expect sitting MPs to remain unbiased in the role?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-18T17:54:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-18T18:10:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1131\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"559\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians?\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-18T17:54:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-18T18:10:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/\"},\"wordCount\":63,\"commentCount\":14,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/\",\"name\":\"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians? - Antigua News Room\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-18T17:54:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-18T18:10:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg\",\"width\":1131,\"height\":559},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"name\":\"Antigua News Room\",\"description\":\"News As It Happens\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Antigua Newsroom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg\",\"width\":1260,\"height\":1260,\"caption\":\"Antigua Newsroom\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians? - Antigua News Room","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians?","og_description":"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians to ensure impartiality and independence, or is it reasonable to expect sitting MPs to remain unbiased in the role?","og_url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/","og_site_name":"Antigua News Room","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","article_published_time":"2024-09-18T17:54:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-18T18:10:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1131,"height":559,"url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_site":"@AntiguaNewsRoom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5"},"headline":"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians?","datePublished":"2024-09-18T17:54:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-18T18:10:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/"},"wordCount":63,"commentCount":14,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/","name":"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians? - Antigua News Room","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-09-18T17:54:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-18T18:10:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1131\/h:559\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_7631.jpeg","width":1131,"height":559},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/question-of-the-day-should-the-speaker-of-the-house-in-antigua-and-barbuda-be-chosen-from-outside-the-pool-of-politicians\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Question of the Day: Should the Speaker of the House in Antigua and Barbuda be chosen from outside the pool of politicians?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","name":"Antigua News Room","description":"News As It Happens","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization","name":"Antigua Newsroom","url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1080\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_1584.jpeg","width":1260,"height":1260,"caption":"Antigua Newsroom"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/AntiguaNewsRoom","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/antiguanewsroom\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536?s=96","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211884,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211882\/revisions\/211884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/211885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/anr-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}