Ari­ma MP Pen­ne­lope Beck­les-Robin­son ac­cept­ed her in­stru­ment of ap­point­ment as Leader of the Op­po­si­tion on Tues­day, de­clar­ing she sees her role as one of servi­tude, stress­ing that op­po­si­tion does not mean ob­struc­tion in her eyes.

The cer­e­mo­ny took place at Pres­i­dent’s House, one week af­ter the PNM lost the gen­er­al elec­tion. Beck­les was unan­i­mous­ly cho­sen by the 13 MPs in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives.

Beck­les said she ac­cept­ed the role with hu­mil­i­ty and a sense of du­ty to cit­i­zens.