De­spite vo­cif­er­ous and un­re­served ob­jec­tions from the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), the Gov­ern­ment has con­firmed Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo will be its nom­i­nee come Jan­u­ary 20th when the Elec­toral Col­lege meets to elect this coun­try’s sev­enth Head of State.

Five of the six Pres­i­dents of Trinidad and To­ba­go have a back­ground in the le­gal sphere and with Sen­ate Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo nom­i­nat­ed to re­place the in­cum­bent, there will once again be an of­fice­hold­er with ex­pe­ri­ence in the field.

Noth­ing sum­maris­es the pow­ers of the T&T pres­i­den­cy quite like this quote from the sixth pres­i­dent of the Re­pub­lic, An­tho­ny Car­mona.

Lawyers rep­re­sent­ing the Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) have made an­oth­er bid to dis­charge an on­go­ing in­junc­tion freez­ing its as­sets and a cor­re­spond­ing ap­pli­ca­tion for it to be held in con­tempt of court.