Gail Alexan­der

Par­lia­men­tar­i­ans from Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Anand Ram­lo­gan donned African garb for yes­ter­day's Par­lia­ment sit­ting to mark the com­ing Eman­ci­pa­tion Day hol­i­day. The bright­est clad of them all, how­ev­er, was PNM MP Don­na Cox who lit­er­al­ly out­shone the oth­ers in a bril­liant or­ange and yel­low topped out­fit–ac­tu­al­ly the sig­na­ture colours of the PP Gov­ern­ment.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar, who sat across from Cox, was much more sub­dued in a brown and gold full-length out­fit, topped by an elab­o­rate pleat­ed and ruf­fled head­dress with match­ing gold shoes. At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Anand Ram­lo­gan wore a white dashi­ki and fez with white pants. Works Min­is­ter Jack Warn­er was al­so in synch with the mood with an or­ange and black top, some­what more con­ser­v­a­tive­ly cut than his col­leagues.

PP MP Win­ston Pe­ters wore light blue-grey robes and hat. Sports Min­is­ter Anil Roberts sport­ed a wine red tu­nic. MP Lin­coln Dou­glas was in a roy­al blue out­fit while his col­league MP Ver­nel­la Al­leyne-Top­pin dis­played an or­ange and yel­low gown and hat. PNM MP Joanne Thomas wore sil­ver grey. Thomas and Cox were the on­ly two PNM MPs in African wear.