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Al­though cur­rent T&T Red Cross So­ci­ety (TTRCS) pres­i­dent Jill de Bourg will not be seek­ing re-elec­tion in Sat­ur­day’s poll at Hillview Col­lege in Tu­na­puna, some mem­bers are ex­press­ing a lack of con­fi­dence in the elec­tion process.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, de Bourg, who has been in the po­si­tion since 2018, said her de­ci­sion was root­ed in a deep com­mit­ment to the on­go­ing de­vel­op­ment and growth of her­self and the broad­er hu­man­i­tar­i­an com­mu­ni­ty be­yond the Red Cross.

The TTRCS con­sti­tu­tion states a pres­i­dent may not be el­i­gi­ble to stand for elec­tion for the same post af­ter hav­ing served two con­sec­u­tive terms (max­i­mum six years) in that post, un­til a pe­ri­od of three years has elapsed.