The Trinidad and To­ba­go Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce has con­grat­u­lat­ed Prime Min­is­ter-elect Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) on their vic­to­ry at the polls on Mon­day night.

The Cham­ber al­so com­mend­ed the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) and its leader, Far­ley Chavez Au­gus­tine, for their suc­cess in To­ba­go.

How­ev­er, the Cham­ber recog­nised that while the re­spec­tive par­ties have emerged vic­to­ri­ous, there is much work to be done. "The work be­gins now. There is no hon­ey­moon pe­ri­od. The gov­ern­ment must pri­ori­tise the press­ing chal­lenges fac­ing us as a na­tion, as we nav­i­gate many glob­al ten­sions," a state­ment on Tues­day morn­ing said.