- Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer
Colonel Trevor MacMillan leafs through Ministry papers after being sworn in yesterday as an Opposition Senator in the Upper House of Parliament. Senator Prudence Kidd-Deans looks on.

The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) now has its full slate of eight senators in the upper house with yesterday's swearing-in of Colonel Trevor Norman MacMillan as a member of the senate.

MacMillan's appointment follows the resignation of former JLP senator Norman Horne, who has since become a member of the People's National Party.

At 10:52 a.m. Colonel MacMillan took the Oath of Allegiance then greeted members on the Government side before receiving a warm welcome from Opposition senators.

Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate, Anthony Johnson, hailed MacMillan as a distinguished public servant whose loyalty to Jamaica could not be questioned.

Good governance

"We have no doubt at all that his contribution will be to the benefit, not only of this side, but of the chamber and of good governance in Jamaica," he said.

Senator Trevor Munroe who welcomed MacMillan on behalf of Government senators noted that he served alongside him as a member of the Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE), an election watchdog group, in the late 1990s.

The Government senator said he hoped MacMillan's experience in the army and the police force would redound to the benefit of the Senate.

"He is aware that debate in the Senate is unlike another place, it is characterized by a certain level of dignity - we agree to disagree, agreeably," said Munroe.

Meanwhile, President of the Senate Syringa Marshall-Burnett confirmed reports first carried by The Gleaner that Heather Cooke has been appointed Clerk to the Houses of Parliament.