WATSON ON STUART

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PDP leader Watson Duke is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to call the elections immediately as he demits office. Mr. Duke in response to the announcement of Energy Minister Stuart Young as the next Prime Minister, said the move is a regressive one. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.

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00:00I want you, Mr. Prime Minister, to make the best move. I would recommend that when you

00:06wish to demit office, you must call the elections also at the same time. Let the people of Trinidad

00:15and Tobago, Tobago and Trinidad, choose their Prime Minister. Let them hear his presentations,

00:22the arguments. Let them see his team and let them choose their Prime Minister.

00:27The Duke said the choice of Minister Stuart Young shows that the PNM party is out of touch

00:33with the people on the ground.

00:35So how do you put someone who is out of touch with the black man reality as Prime Minister?

00:43When you do that, when that person resigns or retires, once they are Prime Minister,

00:49that person will collect a pension equal to $87,000 in new salary. Therefore, further

00:57becoming out of touch and out of reality.

01:01Mr. Duke said the choice of Minister Stuart Young is a poor move.

01:06I have no problem with Stuart Young. I know him. Not very well, but I know him well enough

01:11to say he's a young man whom I respect, a man who is academically strong, a man who

01:20is not easily swayed by every opinion. He's a man on the ground. The truth be told, would

01:29the ground accept him? I think it's a poor move.

01:34Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.

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