Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries and Min­is­ter in Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter the Stu­art Young SC will get his sec­ond stint as act­ing prime min­is­ter as Prime Min­is­ter Row­ley leaves the coun­try to­day.

Ac­cord­ing to the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter, Dr Row­ley will trav­el to the Unit­ed States to­day where he will un­der­go med­ical tests.

The Prime Min­is­ter first alert­ed the coun­try of his in­ten­tion to trav­el on Wednes­day dur­ing post cab­i­net news brief­ing.

The Prime Min­is­ter usu­al­ly goes abroad for an­nu­al check ups be­tween June and Au­gust. He said he had been putting off the tests for some time but was tak­ing the op­por­tu­ni­ty to to do now.