Rowley’s exit the latest of turbulent transitions by T&T’s leaders

When it comes to the tran­si­tion of gov­er­nance in Trinidad and To­ba­go, there’s been no short­age of con­tro­ver­sy, whether it’s be­ing ap­point­ed prime min­is­ter due to the death of a sit­ting leader, or through a snap elec­tion, the cit­i­zens of T&T have seen it all. Or have we?

In less than ten days, Dr Kei­th Row­ley will be­come the first prime min­is­ter to demit of­fice be­fore the le­gal lim­it of his term ends when he of­fi­cial­ly re­signs on March 16.

This is some­thing that he’s been hint­ing at for quite some time, but noth­ing the coun­try has ex­pe­ri­enced be­fore.