TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO’S PRIME MINISTER DR KEITH ROWLEY TO RESIGN BEFORE NEXT ELECTION

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is to resign from office before the next Parliamentary elections are constitutionally due by August this year. The 75 year old Rowley told a news conference on Friday, “before the end of the legal limits of this term I will resign this office and go off to my family.” He also indicating he will not be offering himself as a candidate in the next election. He told journalists, “I will not be offering myself again to represent anyone either in Trinidad or in Tobago. Forty five years is a long time.” Dr Rowley has served as Prime Minister of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for two consecutive terms since winning the general election in 2015.