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Phillip Ed­ward Alexan­der has de­scribed his ap­point­ment as Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Hous­ing as “very ex­cit­ing.” He joined David Lee, the sub­stan­tive min­is­ter, and Anil Roberts, al­so a min­is­ter in the min­istry, form­ing a three-per­son team to tack­le the coun­try’s hous­ing chal­lenges.

Speak­ing to the me­dia at Pres­i­dent’s House, St Ann’s, af­ter be­ing sworn in yes­ter­day, Alexan­der said he was on­ly re­cent­ly in­vit­ed by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to take up the post. He couldn’t say why his ap­point­ment was de­layed.

Alexan­der ad­mit­ted, how­ev­er, that the Prime Min­is­ter was “mov­ing pieces on the board” and ul­ti­mate­ly de­cid­ed that Hous­ing was the best fit for him.