PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC -Outgoing prime minister Stuart Younger submitted his resignation as chairman of the Folks’s Nationwide Motion (PNM) on Wednesday following the celebration’s resounding defeat in Monday’s common election.
In a letter to Foster Cummings, the PNM chairman, Younger 50, who changed Dr. Keith Rowley as prime minister final month, stated his resignation is “efficient instantly.”
“I thank my celebration’s membership for the chance to have served as Chairman from December 2022 so far. I’m dedicated to persevering with to advocate our trigger and maintain the opposition accountable on behalf of my constituents, my celebration, and the residents within the parliament as we transfer ahead,” he stated.
Stuart Younger
The senior counsel, who referred to as the final election sooner or later after he had been sworn in as the top of presidency, stated he had at all times “served the celebration with a way of satisfaction coupled with an acknowledgment of the duty that illustration comes with.
“After deep private reflections on occasions culminating with the outcomes of the 2025 Normal Elections, I hereby tender my resignation as chairman of the PNM, with quick impact”.
Younger’s choice follows Rowley’s assertion on Wednesday that he intends to tender his resignation because the PNM chief in the course of the celebration’s Normal Council assembly later that day.
“On January 06, 2025, I indicated my intention to step down as Political Chief of the Folks’s Nationwide Motion with the celebration holding a conference to elect a brand new Political Chief in September,” Rowley wrote in an announcement on his Fb web page.
On his final day as prime minister in March, he knowledgeable the nation that “though my time period as Political Chief legally runs till 2026, I meant to vacate this place on the earliest alternative in session with the Management of the Motion.
“In the present day I’ll deal with the Normal Council and tender my resignation as Political Chief of the Folks’s Nationwide Motion, which can take impact from tomorrow – Thursday 01 Might 2025,” he stated, including, “This completes my disengagement firstly within the Authorities (March 16, 2025) and at last, within the celebration, (Might 01, 2025).”
“I supply my honest because of all for the chance to serve within the varied workplaces. I lengthen my finest needs to the PNM and the nation,” he added.
On Wednesday, the PNM can be anticipated to call the Opposition Chief from among the many 13 opposition legislators.
