• I.S. Saluja

PORT OF SPAIN (TIP):  Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the head of Trinidad and Tobago’s centrist United National Congress party, took over the reins of the nation as Prime Minister for a second time on Thursday, May 1, 2025, and vowed  to create wealth that would benefit “seven generations” to come, as she was sworn in..

Persad-Bissessar’s party won an overall majority in elections last month on the twin-island Caribbean nation that is battling an economic slump and a rise in gang violence.

At a ceremony at the President’s House, she promised to put the country “on the right pathway, where we cease to govern simply to win the next election, and instead govern to create wealth and opportunities for seven generations into the future.”

“You’ve had prime ministers before me, you will have prime ministers after me. But guess what? You will never have a prime minister who loves you as much as I do,” she said, beginning a five-year term.

“God bless you,” she added.

(With inputs from Agencies)