The governor of the Cayman
Islands, Duncan Taylor, has revoked McKeeva Bush’s appointment as Premier following
yesterday’s vote of no confidence in his government, which was supported by
members of his own UDP party.
Juliana O’Connor-Connolly has
been appointed Premier in his place, to lead a minority UDP government. The new government will need to build support
from the opposition in order to be effective, with 3 of the former UDP members
having crossed the floor along with Bush during yesterday’s no confidence debate, and
so it will be a significant challenge for the new Premier to ensure the
effectiveness of her leadership.
The move has come as something of
a surprise to those who were expecting the governor to dissolve the Assembly
instead, provoking an election - something which Bush himself had apparently
suggested should happen. Bush retains
support amongst a not insignificant number of Islanders, and may have been
hoping that they would vote to re-elect him and thereby vindicate his decision
not to step down voluntarily. It seems,
however, that the governor has thwarted this ambition, for the time being at
least, with O’Connor-Connolly’s appointment.
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