When she was sworn in one week ago, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar told the au­di­ence at Pres­i­dent’s House that the cam­paign was over and “you know our mes­sage of love, care and hap­pi­ness.”

Just days ear­li­er, Mrs Per­sad-Bisses­sar led the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) and its coali­tion of in­ter­ests to a huge vic­to­ry in the 2025 gen­er­al elec­tion, emerg­ing with 26 seats in the 41-con­stituen­cy Par­lia­ment, far ahead of the pre­vi­ous ad­min­is­tra­tion of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment, which re­ceived 13 seats. The To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty got two seats.

In that speech, Mrs Per­sad Bisses­sar said: