May 29, 2010
It was one of the saddest days in the history of the PNM. Party members surrounding the political leader’s car and saying “Go!” It had come to that. As my mother would say in her own inimitable way, “Yo’ does do and do until yo’ can do no more.” And in his own bumbling way, Manning had brought disgrace unto himself and his party by believing that he was beyond the party and the people.
Continue reading How Hath the Mighty Fallen
May 29 2010 – newsday.co.tt
PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday instructed her new Minister of National Security, Brigaidier General John Sandy to provide state security to former Prime Minister Patrick Manning.
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Continue reading PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar at Swearing-in Ceremony of Ministers
May 26, 2010
San Fernando-based attorney Anand Ramolgan has been appointed Attorney General of T&T. Following the swearing-in of Kamla Persad-Bissessar as Prime Minister, Ramlogan, 37, was sworn in as a senator and made the new attorney general of the country.
Continue reading Anand Ramlogan is Attorney General
It has been confirmed that Patrick Manning has resigned as the political leader of the PNM.
PNM’s Party Chairman Conrad Enill said that Mr. Manning has stepped down. He said that Patrick Manning offered to stay on until a new political leader was found. However, insiders said that the General Council asked Mr. Manning to resign with immediate effect. Mr. Manning then resigned and promptly left Balisier House.
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May 27, 2010
One would have thought that after Mr. Manning made his gallant pronouncement about “taking responsibilities” for the defeat of the People’s National Movement he would have had the good sense and astute political judgment to remove himself from the leadership of the PNM immediately. Moreover, one would have thought that after he said he would be guided by what is best for the PNM that he would have fired his executive, retreat to his residence at San Fernando, allow the PNM to access its problems so that it could plan for its immediate recuperation.
Continue reading Mr. Manning Must Go, Now
By Stephen Kangal
May 27, 2010
The peaceful and civilized conduct and determination of the 2010 elections without incidents in which there was so much at stake for the incumbent regime makes me feel proud to be trini. The tenour of this election signals that T&T has achieved a note-worthy and qualitative leap in several aspects in the evolution of our political culture. This is the people’s achievement acting collectively to get the politics and its operating environment right.
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Kamla Persad-Bissessar is sworn in by President George Maxwell
Richards as the first female Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Continue reading Swearing-in of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Victory celebration at Rienzi Complex, Couva on election night – May 24, 2010
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May 26, 2010 – newsday.co.tt
Monday’s General Election which, according to preliminary results, has seen the People’s Partnership win 29 of the 41 seats of the House of Representatives and in the process wrest power from the People’s National Movement has paved the way for changes to be made to the country’s Constitution.
Continue reading The old order changeth