From the Speaker's Chair: Can the Speaker of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly Be a Politically Active Voice In Their Role

This week's programme "From the Speaker's Chair" is the 4th edition in the 2019 series, in collaboration with the Office of the Legislature on Montserrat, and MNI Media.

For today's programme, we feature a conversation with the Speaker of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly, Hon Shirley Osborne.

We discuss with the Speaker the issue of whether the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly can be a politically active voice in their role, or are they beholden to the Government of the day who appointed them?

Listen below as Speaker Osborne shares her views on this matter: