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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says although the United National Congress (UNC) won a 26-seat majority in the April 28 General Election, which gives them a three-fifths majority in the lower house, they will not misuse their authority.
“We thank the people of T&T for giving us that majority because that’s how the law is. We will need that majority from time to time, but I give the assurance today that we will not abuse that power that you have given us,” Persad-Bissessar said yesterday as she addressed the gathering at the ceremonial opening of 13th Republican Parliament at the Red House, Port-of-Spain.
Acknowledging the historic moment of three political parties being represented in the Lower House for the first time in 25 years, Persad-Bissessar said the electorate did not vote merely for a new government but for long-term structural change, which her administration intends to deliver with the special majority it now holds.
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