Congrats Trinidad!
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politicsTrinidad and Tobago elects first woman Prime Minister
HEEE!!!!! Here's hoping she has a successful term!!
Trinidad and Tobago is to have its first woman premier after Prime Minister Patrick Manning was ousted in a snap election on Monday
Jubilant crowds gathered at the party headquarters of Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the Caribbean country’s attorney general, who is set to become its first female Prime Minister after Mr Manning conceded defeat late last night.
“We’ve lost the elections,” Mr Manning said bluntly on live television as Ms Persad-Bissessar’ United National Congress (UNC) party, a five-party coalition, headed toward a significant majority with preliminary results showing they had won 27 out of 41 seats.
“I take full responsibility for the defeat,” he added.
Mr Manning, whose People’s National Movement (PNM) has dominated politics in Trinidad and Tobago for half a century, had taken a gamble by calling the vote mid-way through his five-year term to thwart an opposition motion of no-confidence in him.MORE
HEEE!!!!! Here's hoping she has a successful term!!
