Trinidad Prime Minister announces resignation date as March 16

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced he will officially resign from office on March 16.

But first, he will open the Central Block of the Port of Spain General Hospital on March 10. Then he will open the new ANR Robinson Airport project on March 15.

He was speaking at the commissioning and renaming ceremony of Lisa Morris Julian Boulevard, formally, O’Meara Road.
Lisa Morris Julian and two of her children died in the house fire on December 16. Dr. Rowley commended her public service.

Dr. Rowley spoke about the end of his tenure in public service as well saying, “I too am ending my tenure in public service, thankfully, not sadly, but with a certain amount of satisfaction.” He reflected on the nature of political life, reminding everyone that it is always temporary

“Many people in public life do not believe or forget that your service in public life is really for a period. Doesn’t matter how good you are, how important you think you are, it’s all about a specific period.”

Looking back on his time in office, he said, “I do so with some satisfaction that my presence among my colleagues and national community would have contributed to national development, and I would have done something good with you and for you.”

He spoke about the challenges of leadership, particularly the difficulty of managing national projects with limited resources.

“The national budgetary process is one where there is never enough to do all the things you want to do, especially when you want to do them at the same time.” He compared governance to a conveyor belt, explaining that as one project is completed, another immediately takes its place.

“The conveyor belt keeps pushing these challenges to you, and as it comes forward, the Cabinet, with limited resources… we have to do some, leave some for later, come back to them, but it’s a continuous process.”

During the event, he also paid tribute to Lisa Morris-Julian, in whose honour a road was renamed. He spoke about “the shock of the passing and the pain we continue to feel” following her death. He described her as someone who was “humble, faithful, visionary, hardworking, and respectful of those who she set out to represent.” By naming the road after her, he said, “It is said that once you are remembered, you are not dead, and if that is so, then Lisa Morris-Julian would remain among us and generations to come.”

( SOURCE- CNC 3)