Mariam
Jack-Denton has been appointed as the new Speaker of the National Assembly at a
ceremony held yesterday at the National Assembly Building in Banjul.
Hon.
Mariam Jack Denton, who is a legal practitioner, is daughter to Alieu Sulayman
Jack was also the second Speaker of the National Assembly from 1962 to 1972.
After
her swearing-in as the new Speaker of the House, she said it was with immense
pleasure and deep sense of humility that she accepted the position of the
Speaker of the National Assembly.
She
thanked President Adama Barrow for nominating her as member of the National
Assembly and also commended members of the National Assembly for electing her
as Speaker of the House.
“I’m
honoured by the confidence and trust that President Adama Barrow and members of
the National Assembly have in me by respectively nominating and electing me to
this highest office,” she said.
The
new Speaker promised to do her utmost best to live up to expectations, saying
she will at all times endeavour to uphold the provisions of the constitution of
the Republic of The Gambia and the standing order of the National Assembly in
the performance of her duties and responsibilities as Speaker of the National
Assembly.
She
said she would strive to discharge her functions with the impartiality expected of the office of Speaker of the
House as well as with the responsibility of maintaining the dignity of the
office.
“I
look further to working with you in all sides of the National Assembly as well
as other branches of government so that together we can achieve laudable and
noble objectives of ensuring that the welfare of the people of The Gambia is
always paramount,” the new Speaker said.
