Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says the “love and loy­al­ty” of sup­port­ers have sus­tained her lead­er­ship of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress, as she marked the par­ty’s 37th an­niver­sary with a mes­sage of grat­i­tude, re­flec­tion and re­newed com­mit­ment.

In her an­niver­sary state­ment yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the par­ty’s strength over near­ly four decades has been root­ed in the un­wa­ver­ing sup­port of its mem­ber­ship, par­tic­u­lar­ly dur­ing chal­leng­ing pe­ri­ods.

“For six­teen years, I have had the ho­n­our and im­mense priv­i­lege of serv­ing as Po­lit­i­cal Leader of this great par­ty,” she said, adding that the jour­ney has been marked by mo­ments that “test­ed our re­solve.”