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Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Friday congratulated the Dominica-born Baroness Patricia Scotland on her re-election

Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Scotland faces losing her job in a vote by member nations today.

A summit of Commonwealth leaders opens Friday in Rwanda as the host nation comes under scrutiny over its rights record and a migrant deal with Britain threatens to overshadow the meeting.

The Prime Minister had backed Jamaican foreign minister Kamina Johnson Smith to replace the Labour peer as secretary-general.

It comes as a blow for the Prime Minister, who attempted to have her ousted by backing Jamaica’s foreign minister

PM publicly stated he was supporting her Jamaican rival, which Scotland’s supporters said was an abuse of his position

The UK and Australia were some of the heavyweight countries who had backed Jamaica’s Kamina Johnson Smith to challenge Baroness Patricia Scotland.

Boris Johnson joked it was a good day for democracy as he was grilled on the failure of efforts to replace Baroness Scotland as Commonwealth secretary-general.

The Prime Minister had backed Jamaican foreign minister Kamina Johnson Smith to replace the Labour peer as secretary-general.

KIGALI, Rwanda — Jamaica's Kamina Johnson Smith has suffered a narrow defeat in her bid to become the Commonwealth Secretary General. Unofficial reports to the OBSERVER ONLINE are that Johnson Smith p...