Trinidad and Tobago goes to the polls on Monday, 28 April after calling a snap election only six weeks ago.
The elections were called by Trinidad and Tobago’s new Prime Minister Stuart Young who made the announcement a day after taking office in a surprise move seen as an effort to secure his own mandate.
He took office after former Prime Minister Keith Rowley stepped down after nearly a decade in power. Young, 50, was sworn in as the twin-island nation’s eighth prime minister in an unusual transition. Rowley unexpectedly announced he was stepping down from head of the republic’s People’s National Movement. He announced the decision in January and later said he had tapped Young, the minister of energy, to take over the leadership reins.
A Commonwealth Observer Group is in Trinidad and Tobago to observe its elections. The team, led by Evarist Bartolo, a former Foreign Affairs Minister of Malta with over 30 years of parliamentary experience, consists of six representatives from across the Commonwealth. Combined they are experts in media, law, electoral management and civil society.
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