Patricia Scotland
“We have laid the foundations for transformational change and I am determined that when the role of Secretary General rotates to Africa, two years from now, I will hand on the baton with a stronger more effective, more powerful Commonwealth than ever before.”
In the speech at the opening ceremony of the heads of government summit in Kigali, Rwanda, she said the job of Secretary General had been “the great honour and privilege of my life.”
The plan to remove Scotland was reportedly hatched by the UK, and Jamaica’s Johnson Smith only recently announced her candidacy for the job.
She acknowledged she had lost the contest in a Tweet.
“Thanking all the countries and people who supported me in this journey!” the Jamaican foreign minister said shortly after the vote.
“As I said to many of you, if I didn’t pull through, God wasn’t ready for me to leave Jamaica yet!
“Much love always, I continue to serve, and of course, sincere congratulations to Baroness Scotland,” she said.
