Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has ex­pressed deep grat­i­tude on be­half of the Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go to Chief Jus­tice Ivor Archie, who an­nounced ear­li­er to­day that he is step­ping down to­mor­row af­ter near­ly 18 years in of­fice.

“We ex­tend sin­cere ap­pre­ci­a­tion and best wish­es to Mr Archie as he em­barks up­on his re­tire­ment,” the Prime Min­is­ter said in her state­ment.

“His years of ser­vice have left an in­deli­ble mark on our ju­di­cial land­scape, and we thank him for his con­tri­bu­tions to na­tion­al de­vel­op­ment and pub­lic ser­vice,” she added.