Kamla to stay away from Stuart’s swearing-in today

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Tobago

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Sascha WilsonMarch 17, 2025

Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­clined the Pres­i­dent’s in­vi­ta­tion to at­tend the ap­point­ment of Stu­art Young as the new prime min­is­ter at the Pres­i­dent’s House to­day.

In­sist­ing that his ap­point­ment is un­con­sti­tu­tion­al, Per­sad-Bisses­sar, when ques­tioned by re­porters at Phag­wa cel­e­bra­tions in Pe­nal on whether she would be at­tend­ing to­day’s swear­ing-in, said, “No, I will not at­tend any­thing to give le­git­i­ma­cy to some­thing that I think is un­con­sti­tu­tion­al. I do not in­tend to go to that cer­e­mo­ny.”

Per­sad-Bisses­sar had in­di­cat­ed at a Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress meet­ing on March 10, that they were pre­pared to file le­gal ac­tion if Young is ap­point­ed while Row­ley re­mains the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment leader.