The Na­tion­al Women’s League of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) has added its voice to those ex­tend­ing con­do­lences to the fam­i­ly, friends, and “all those whose lives were touched by the trag­ic loss of Mrs. Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian”, who died trag­i­cal­ly to­day in a house fire, along with two of her chil­dren.

In a state­ment re­leased ear­li­er to­day, the PNM’s Na­tion­al Women’s League de­scribed the late min­is­ter as “a re­mark­able pub­lic ser­vant and po­lit­i­cal fig­ure but al­so a true cham­pi­on for the peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go.”

“Her tire­less con­tri­bu­tions across var­i­ous sec­tors, par­tic­u­lar­ly in Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment, left an in­deli­ble mark on our na­tion. As May­or of Ari­ma, she ded­i­cat­ed her­self to up­lift­ing her com­mu­ni­ty, fo­cus­ing on youth en­gage­ment, em­pow­er­ment, and fos­ter­ing lo­cal en­tre­pre­neur­ship. Her work was dri­ven by a deep love for her peo­ple and a de­sire to build stronger, more re­silient com­mu­ni­ties,” the re­lease stat­ed.  “In 2020, she was elect­ed as the Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for D’Abadie/O’Meara un­der the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), where her lead­er­ship res­onat­ed with her con­stituents. She worked tire­less­ly to in­stil a sense of pride and be­long­ing, up­lift­ing the lives of those she served.”

The state­ment al­so high­light­ed MP Mor­ris-Ju­lian’s con­tri­bu­tion to ed­u­ca­tion sec­tor as both a Min­is­ter in the Ed­u­ca­tion Min­istry and an ed­u­ca­tor.

“In her role as Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion, she cham­pi­oned ed­u­ca­tion­al re­forms that sought to nur­ture cre­ativ­i­ty, ex­pand op­por­tu­ni­ties for un­der­priv­i­leged schools, and in­spire a new gen­er­a­tion of lead­ers,” the Na­tion­al Women’s League point­ed out.  “Be­fore her po­lit­i­cal ca­reer, Mrs. Mor­ris-Ju­lian was a de­vot­ed teacher, and her pas­sion for ed­u­ca­tion and the arts ran deep. She was a tire­less ad­vo­cate for nur­tur­ing young minds and en­cour­ag­ing the cre­ative spir­it, earn­ing ac­co­lades in the sec­ondary school dra­ma fes­ti­val and recog­ni­tion from the Crop­per Foun­da­tion as one of the Caribbean’s emerg­ing writ­ers.”

The trib­ute to the late MP con­tin­ued:

“Her kind­ness, strength, com­pas­sion, and wis­dom touched each and every one of us. She was a woman of faith, dri­ven by a bound­less love for her coun­try, her fam­i­ly, and her peo­ple ... Be­yond her re­mark­able ca­reer, Mrs. Mor­ris-Ju­lian was a moth­er whose heart over­flowed with love for her chil­dren. Her fam­i­ly was the cen­tre of her uni­verse, and she poured her heart and soul in­to rais­ing them with the same un­wa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion and pas­sion that she brought to her pub­lic ser­vice. To lose her, and her chil­dren, Xi­anne and Je­si­ah is a tragedy that has left a pro­found void in our hearts.”

Ac­cord­ing to the Na­tion­al Women’s League state­ment, the PNM and the peo­ple of D’Abadie/O’meara have been plunged in­to mourn­ing, es­pe­cial­ly giv­en the trag­ic cir­cum­stances in which the late MP lost her life.

“There are no words to ful­ly cap­ture the grief we feel, nor the im­mense loss we have suf­fered with her pass­ing,” the PNM’s Na­tion­al Women’s League said.

“But in this mo­ment of mourn­ing,” it added, “we are al­so filled with im­mense grat­i­tude for the lega­cy she leaves be­hind—a lega­cy of ser­vice, em­pow­er­ment, love, and an un­wa­ver­ing be­lief in the po­ten­tial of every in­di­vid­ual ... While we grieve, we will al­so cel­e­brate her life and ho­n­our her mem­o­ry. Let us re­mem­ber Mrs. Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian as she lived—a woman of ex­cep­tion­al grace, com­pas­sion, and ser­vice, whose im­pact on this na­tion will nev­er be for­got­ten.”