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(Picture by Charles Pitt-Grant.)</span> </td> </tr> </table> </p>  <p class="storyText"><p>by TREVOR YEARWOOD </p></p>  <p class="storyText"><p> </p> <p><uppercase>BARBADOS </uppercase>has a new Opposition Leader and the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), a new political leader. </p> <p>She is former Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley who becomes the first woman to hold those posts. </p> <p>As political leader, the 43-year-old Mottley replaces former Prime Minister Owen Arthur, who said yesterday he was looking forward to being "just an ordinary citizen", but will serve the full five years as a Member of Parliament. </p> <p>In making the announcement, four days after the BLP's 10-20 seat defeat in the general election, Arthur told the media and about 22 other successful and unsuccessful BLP candidates, at BLP headquarters, Roebuck Street, The City: </p> <p>"I have made a decision to lay down the mantle of leadership of the Barbados Labour Party. </p> <p>"I believe that it would be in the very best interest of the future development of the party and also the development of democracy in our country if the transition to a new leadership in the Barbados Labour Party is made immediately. </p> <p>"I have therefore . . . demitted the office of political leader of the Barbados Labour Party . . . ." </p> <p>The BLP's parliamentary group had earlier decided on Mottley's appointment as party leader and agreed to recommend to Governor-General Sir Clifford Husbands that she be appointed Leader of the Opposition. </p> <p>The group also picked former Attorney-General Dale Marshall, one of the successful candidates, as deputy leader of the party. </p> <p>"This effectively brings to an end my involvement in Barbados' political affairs at the national and at the party level in a leadership capacity," Arthur said. </p> <p>Mottley pledged that Barbados would have a "very vigilant", "very active" Opposition. </p> <p>"We have a responsibility to continue to work in the cause of all Barbadians to keep democracy strong and alive and at the same time to ensure that the prosperity to which [Barbadians] have become accustomed is not in any way withered away over the course of the next few years," she told reporters. </p> <p>She spoke about continuing the party's "aggressive communications stance through our website and through other media", as well as moves <br> "to rebuild a party that will continue to be relevant to its times". </p> <p>Mottley was first elected to Parliament in September 1994. 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