For the third straight general election, the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) claimed every seat in the House of Assembly, delivering yet another 30–0 mandate to Prime Minister-elect Mia Mottley and solidifying her dominance of the island’s political landscape on Wednesday.
Jubilant celebrations erupted at the party’s Roebuck Street headquarters, Grantley Adams House, as results rolled in through the night, with supporters gathered in a swirling sea of red t-shirts.
Mottley marked the victory by declaring Friday a national public holiday and announcing a national thanksgiving and celebration rally for Saturday afternoon – Valentine’s Day – at the National Botanical Gardens.
“Friday will be a national bank holiday in Barbados,” she announced. “All roads on Saturday afternoon, 4 p.m. at the National Botanical Gardens. Saturday is not only the day of love. Saturday is the day of red, red, red.”
