Trinidad and Tobago’s United National Congress has ended its nearly 10-year-political drought and returned to the helm of governance after party leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar staged the biggest political comeback in the country’s history.
Persad-Bissessar, who served as prime minister between 2010-15 and had long lived under the shadow of late party leader Basdeo Panday, led the UNC to a sweeping victory on Monday night. The Indo-Trinidadian-dominated party won 25 seats out of 41.
The Peoples National Movement party, which had led the Caribbean nation through two consecutive terms, won just 14 seats. Among the eight seats the party PNM lost were its a nearly 40-year stronghold in the area of La Brea, and two in Tobago. The two seats went to the Tobago People’s Party.
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