(Trinidad Express) In addition to her duties as Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Wednesday assumed a new ministerial portfolio—that of Minister of the People and Social Development. She explained her reason—so close is that ministry to her heart and so critical it is to her vision.
This follows her sacking of Glenn Ramadharsingh on Tuesday night, in the wake of allegations of misbehaviour on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Tobago. She would take charge, for now.
In a release, the Prime Minister stated: “The Ministry of the People and Social Development remains something very close to my heart. It was a promise I made to the nation that was delivered in 2010 and the work of the ministry is important to my vision of poverty eradication, the achievement of social justice and empowerment of people”.
