Last sitting for Jamaican minister as he heads to IMF senior post
Respected Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke participated in his final parliamentary sitting on Tuesday, Oct. 29, soaking up praise from both sides of the house and allowing Prime Minister Andrew Holness to boast about his achievements in nearly 10 years on the job. Clarke heads to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week to take up a position as one of four deputies of the not-so-well-liked multilateral lending agency. He resigned as a cabinet minister and representative for the St. Andrew North Western constituency. He was scheduled to leave for Washington, D.C., early Wednesday. “My heart is full,” he told House colleagues as he made his final presentation to the 63-member lower house. “In making my departure from not just a playing field, but from the stadium. I have run through the tape. We believe in running through the tape and running through the finish line. That’s what I’ve tried to do. Running through the tape. It’s been a...