Members of the Defence Force play the presidential fanfare on the arrival of the President.
Photo courtesy Parliament TT
THE ceremonial opening of the first session of the 12th Parliament took place on Friday morning, minus the usual fanfare, as a consequence of covid19 pandemic and its restrictions.
Newsday's Roger Jacob and Angello Marcelle captured moments from this Friday's opening of Parliament.
President Paula-Mae Weekes, centre, gives her departing words to Speaker of the House Bridgid Annisette-George and Senate President Christine Kangaloo at the opening of the 12th Parliament, Red House, Port of Spain. - ANGELO_MARCELLE
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley - ROGER JACOB
Minister of Planning and Development and MP for Arouca/Maloney Camille Robinson-Regis - ROGER JACOB
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Opposition leader and Siparia MP Kamla Persad- Bissessar. Photo courtesy Parliament TT
Tabaquite MP Anita Haynes - ANGELO_MARCELLE
Education Minister Nyan Gadsby-Dolly - ROGER JACOB
National Security Minister Stuart Young - ROGER JACOB
Independent Senator Varma Deyalsingh- ROGER JACOB
Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne- ROGER JACOB
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy
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Minister of Housing and Arima MP Pennelope Beckles - ROGER JACOB
San Fernando East MP Brian Manning,Minister in the Ministry of Finance - ROGER JACOB
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh - ROGER JACOB
Tourism Minister Randall Mitchell- ROGER JACOB
A vendor sells masks outside the Red House - ROGER JACOB
Protesters outside the opening of Parliament at the Red House - ROGER JACOB
Police speak with protesters outside the opening of Parliament at the Red House on Friday - ROGER JACOB
Minister of Finance Colm Imbert (right) - ROGER JACOB
Sports Minister Shamfa Cudjoe - ROGER JACOB
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Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox - ROGER JACOB
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Naparima MP Rodney Charles, Princes Town MP Barry Padarath, Siparia MP and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and St Augustine MP & UNC deputy political leader Khadijah Ameen have a discussion in the rotunda of the Red House, after the opening of the 12th Parliament on Friday. - ANGELO_MARCELLE
Tabaquite MP Anita Haynes and Pointe-a-Pierre MP David Lee at the opening of the 12th Parliament, Red House, Port of Spain on Friday. - ANGELO_MARCELLE
Activist Ishmael Samad rolls a coffin with the names of murdered people outside the opening of the 12th Parliament, Red House, Port of Spain of Friday - ANGELO_MARCELLE
Princes Town MP Barry Padarath, Caroni Central MP Arnold Ram. Oropouche West MP,Dave Tancoo, Caroni East MP Rishi Seecheran and Naparima MP Rodney Charles, in the rotunda of the Red House, after the opening of the 12th Parliament on Friday. - ANGELO_MARCELLE
St Augustine MP and UNC deputy political leader Khadijah Ameen in the rotunda of the Red House, after the opening of the 12th Parliament on Friday. - ANGELO_MARCELLE
Chaguanas East MP Vandana Mohit
Members of the Opposition in the Senate
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(centre) Senate President Christine Kangaloo and Bridgid Annisette-George, Speaker of the House, flanked by Nigel De Freitas, Vice President of the Senate and Esmond Forde, Deputy Speaker of the House, at the opening of the 12th Parliament, Red House, Port of Spain, Friday, August 28, 2020.
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