ROWLEY TO RESIGN

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Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will resign before the next general elections. Speaking in Tobago at a media conference  on Friday, the Prime Minister said he would not be seeking re-election. Elizabeth Williams attended the media conference and has this report.

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00:00I'm here with my colleagues this weekend and what one of the things that they

00:07will be told is that I will not offering myself again to represent anyone either

00:17in Trinidad or in Tobago. 45 years is a long time and I would like at this time

00:26to thank you appropriately along the way to all those who have supported my

00:33effort and benefited from I hope I would have positively impacted this country.

00:41Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley said he remains the political leader of the PNM

00:46at this time. As we settle Tobago screening tomorrow I continue to be the

00:53political leader of the PNM. We will call for nominations in the other seats

00:59where I represent the people of Diego Martinez who have supported me

01:04resolutely from 1991 to now and I will thank them appropriately and then show

01:13that they are not left adrift but I will not be offering myself as I just said.

01:20Dr. Rowley said he also intends to give up his office before the nation goes to

01:25the polls. I want to say something else before the end of the legal limits of

01:32this term I will resign this office and go off to my family. Thank you all very

01:38much and see you again sometime soon. Dr. Rowley said his decision today is a

01:42promise kept. At the last election 2020 when I announced the PNM victory in

01:51Balise House I said to this country I will not be doing that again and I meant

02:01it and I've kept it. Elizabeth Williams TV6 News

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