Whichev­er way Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo de­cides, Trinidad and To­ba­go will have a new prime min­is­ter to­day to re­place in­cum­bent Dr Kei­th Row­ley. The Pres­i­dent’s de­ci­sion will put to rest a lin­ger­ing con­sti­tu­tion­al ques­tion as to whether MP Stu­art Young can be ap­point­ed Prime Min­is­ter on the ba­sis of be­ing the choice of the MPs of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment, which holds the ma­jor­i­ty in the House, al­though he is not the po­lit­i­cal leader of the rul­ing par­ty.

Out­go­ing Prime Min­is­ter and po­lit­i­cal leader of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment Dr Kei­th Row­ley has made a call for mem­bers of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress who are dis­sat­is­fied with their par­ty to join the PNM.

In­com­ing Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young’s vi­sion for the coun­try in­cludes cre­at­ing more op­por­tu­ni­ties for the youth, es­pe­cial­ly young en­ter­tain­ers and de­vel­op­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go’s Car­ni­val as a prod­uct.

His at­ten­dance at the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment’s (PNM’s) ral­ly yes­ter­day has stirred some spec­u­la­tion on so­cial me­dia of a pos­si­ble en­dorse­ment of the par­ty, but for­mer Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) mem­ber Lar­ry Lal­la, SC, in­sists that he still isn’t com­mit­ted to any po­lit­i­cal en­ti­ty.

Cab­i­net min­is­ters have come to­geth­er to say good­bye to out­go­ing Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley.

As he bid farewell to the hun­dreds of Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment sup­port­ers and mem­bers gath­ered at City Hall, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day, out­go­ing prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley dis­played a soft­er side.

The To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) has de­cid­ed not to move for­ward with nom­i­nees Trevor James and Bar­ry Nel­son as po­ten­tial can­di­dates for To­ba­go West, and has cho­sen to “con­sid­er ad­di­tion­al prospects.”

Dr Er­ic Williams’ quotes were na­tion-build­ing, Bas­deo Pan­day was of­ten sharp and wit­ty, but Dr Kei­th Row­ley was a Prime Min­is­ter tai­lor-made for the “meme” era. His sharp, some­times acer­bic re­torts were per­fect for “video re­ac­tions” or gifs—videos that de­scribed how you felt bet­ter than you ever could your­self. 

Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress can­di­date for Point Fortin, Ernesto Ke­sar, ac­cused out­go­ing Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley of lack­ing em­pa­thy to­wards vic­tims of crime and their fam­i­lies.

To­day marks the last day of Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s term in of­fice. To­day, the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment will hold a Spe­cial Con­ven­tion and then present its can­di­dates for the 2025 gen­er­al elec­tion cam­paign. At 10 am to­mor­row, Stu­art Young will be sworn in as prime min­is­ter.

The Con­gress of the Peo­ple (COP) has reached out to the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) to dis­cuss its de­sire to con­test sev­er­al seats in the high­ly an­tic­i­pat­ed up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tion.

For­mer UNC mem­ber Lar­ry Lal­la is set to at­tend the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment pre­sen­ta­tion of can­di­dates event in Wood­ford Square, Port of Spain to­day.