Video: Joint Sitting In Honour Of Walton Brown
[Updated] A Special Joint Sitting of the Legislature will be held on Friday [Oct 11] in honour of the late Walton Brown.
They will observe a minute of silence, and then hear tributes from the Acting Speaker of the House of Assembly Derrick Burgess, President of the Senate Joan Dillas-Wright, Premier David Burt, Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier and other Members of the Legislature.
As is standard, only the Government media is permitted to film video from Parliament, and the Government has confirmed their intent to live stream the session, so we will post their video when able.
Update: Video courtesy of the Government media
The Order of Business follows below [PDF here]:
A sad loss for Bermuda.
YES!!YES!!
Minster Walton BROWN is MOST deserving of this honour!!
Gonna miss you o’chum.
To Aunt Barbara and the entire family and the entire PLP, A legacy that speaks for itself and proud to have known Walton on a personal note,and the talks and advice given on so many occassions.
Walton Sr. and Walton Jr. a Legacy within itself, rest in peace Brownie, your constituant, friend and wild card in the deck.
Thank you for bringing about the need to deal with the Land Grab item, and may it be carried through to the fullest, so Bermudians who were taken advantage of, can be vindicated, your work and legacy will live on, as we press the Battle on.