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  • 11 months ago
Former Minister Robert Le Hunte is satisfied that the General Council has settled the leadership impasse within the PNM.

He says Minister Stuart Young is quite capable of taking over as Prime Minister but he was concerned about the process that was used to choose a successor.

More from Tv6's Nicole M Romany.
Transcript
00:00Many quarters have been abuzz following the selection of Energy Minister Stuart Young
00:06to succeed Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley as Prime Minister upon his retirement.
00:11On Tuesday, former Minister of Public Utilities Robert Le Hunt told TV6
00:17while the party's constitution allows for this process of succession,
00:22there were other options available to Dr Keith Rowley.
00:27He explained that the highest body in the PNM's constitution
00:31regarding decision-making would be a convention,
00:34with the second highest body being the General Council.
00:56However, he said, the Prime Minister is a very deliberate person
01:12and this decision would have been something he planned out.
01:16He added that only on election night will it show if this decision was good or bad.
01:23He stressed that his main concern was the approach adopted
01:27in appointing Minister Young to replace Dr Rowley.
01:52There has been speculation that Mr Le Hunt wants to be the one leading the PNM.
02:05However, he says, if people believe he is Prime Minister material,
02:09he's honoured to know they hold him in such high esteem.
02:13But his only desire is to serve the people.
02:23So serving will always be there.
02:25As for aspirations as to run for the leader or be the Prime Minister,
02:30I must say those are not aspirations that I think about myself.
02:34I think about doing the work and serving the people
02:37and helping the communities that I live in.
02:41With regard to the state of emergency and the crime situation,
02:45Le Hunt laments the state of crime, saying it has reached a new level.
02:51He believes the general population is feeling desperate
02:55and is glad the government is taking action.
02:58To have a curfew during carnival, I think everyone would have thought that was unthinkable.
03:04Us giving up our carnival, our freedom around this time.
03:09But I'm almost sure if you run a survey, you might have even gotten people,
03:14if the intelligence and the leadership felt that that was necessary,
03:19people would have said, are taking a skip for carnival?
03:23All right, give me a curfew also.
03:26Nicole M Romany, TV6 News.
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