Veteran legislators against governor delivering Throne Speech

Third District Representative Julian Fraser has come out against the delivery of the traditional Speech from the Throne delivered by the Governor.

Speaking during the First Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HOA), the veteran legislator questioned the commonalities that bonded legislators and remarked about its absence in the Governor.

“Seventeen of us here. Look at us, what do we have in common? What do the 17 of us have in common? But no, you have a Speech from the Throne and somebody else have to come up there and give it [who] has nothing in common with us,” Fraser said.

“You’re comfortable with this?“ he asked.

Fraser was one of several legislators who were keen to emphasise that the speech was the government’s agenda and not that of the governor.

But he wasn’t the only legislator against the antiquated system of the throne speech being delivered by the Queen’s representative.