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In an evening of glitz and glam­our, the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) host­ed its an­nu­al Christ­mas fundrais­er on Sat­ur­day evening, mark­ing its first since re­turn­ing to Gov­ern­ment. Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar used the oc­ca­sion to cau­tion of­fi­cials about a heav­ier work­load in the year ahead.

Open­ing her nine-minute ad­dress at the Den­nis Ramd­han Com­plex in Cou­va to Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials and par­ty sup­port­ers all decked off in ball­go­wns and black-tie at­tire, Per­sad-Bisses­sar thanked sup­port­ers who stood by the par­ty dur­ing a decade in op­po­si­tion. Point­ing out that her ad­min­is­tra­tion has been in of­fice for just over sev­en months, she ac­knowl­edged that bu­reau­cra­cy had slowed the de­liv­ery of some cam­paign promis­es.

But she urged pa­tience, sig­nalling that more in­ten­sive work lies ahead as the Gov­ern­ment seeks to ac­cel­er­ate its agen­da.