{"id":244371,"date":"2020-02-11T14:01:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=244371"},"modified":"2020-02-11T19:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:21:30","slug":"alix-boyd-knights-given-title-of-speaker-emeritus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/alix-boyd-knights-given-title-of-speaker-emeritus\/","title":{"rendered":"Alix Boyd-Knights given title of Speaker Emeritus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_244374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-244374\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-244374\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Speaker-Emeritus-642x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Speaker-Emeritus-642x372.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Speaker-Emeritus-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Speaker-Emeritus-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Speaker-Emeritus-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Speaker-Emeritus-2048x1188.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Speaker-Emeritus-640x371.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-244374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker Emeritus Boyd-Knights (centre, front row) with government parliamentarians<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Speaker of the House, Alix Boyd-Knights has been designated Speaker Emeritus.<\/p>\n<p>The honour was conferred on the former Speaker at the First Meeting of the First Session of Tenth Parliament on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The word Emeritus is applied to professions where a retired member may continue to hold a title in an honorary capacity.<\/p>\n<p>In Boyd-Knights case, she served as the House Speaker almost twenty years and was officially replaced by Joseph Issac, former Parliamentary Representative for the Roseau Central Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>In her acceptance speech, Boyd-Knights expressed gratitude to all those who supported her during her journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is so nice to be appreciated and I am very grateful to the honourable prime minister and the members of the government side and all those persons who have met me and told me I will always be Madam Speaker,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd-Knights\u00a0said she enjoys teaching and was willing to pass on her knowledge to those interested in learning.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, in making the announcement, said no one can take away or dispute the contributions that Boyd-Knights has made in Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>Skerrit said he has learnt quite a bit from her and believes that it is time that Dominicans recognize people for their public service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe benefit from people\u2019s service to the public but we fail to show appreciation for it, especially when these people no longer hold these offices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said history will not record Dominicans as good citizens if persons continue to fail in showing gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister said part of his personal success in life came from giving respect to his senior citizens and encouraged young people to follow in his footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that he and Boyd-Knights shared a mother and son relationship and that he was &#8220;very happy to be part of this honouring&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As far as DNO is aware, this is the first time this honour has been bestowed on any speaker of the house in Dominica.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Speaker of the House, Alix Boyd-Knights has been designated Speaker Emeritus. 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