RHON­DOR DOWLAT 

Se­nior Re­porter 

rhon­dor.dowlat@guardian.co.tt 

Prime Min­is­ter Dr. Kei­th Row­ley has ex­pressed pro­found sor­row over the dev­as­tat­ing loss, de­scrib­ing it as an unimag­in­able tragedy for her fam­i­ly, the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), and the coun­try.

“My fam­i­ly and I are dev­as­tat­ed by this aw­ful tragedy that has tak­en the lives of Lisa and her chil­dren,” Dr. Row­ley said. “We ex­tend our deep­est con­do­lences to the Mor­ris-Ju­lian fam­i­ly as we, along with Ari­ma and the wider na­tion­al com­mu­ni­ty, strug­gle to come to terms with this shock­ing re­al­i­ty.”

Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian will be re­mem­bered as a hum­ble and car­ing in­di­vid­ual who em­bod­ied the Christ­mas spir­it. Dr. Row­ley re­called her warmth and gen­eros­i­ty, which were on full dis­play just over 24 hours be­fore the tragedy. She and her hus­band had wel­comed the com­mu­ni­ty to their an­nu­al Christ­mas cel­e­bra­tion, spread­ing joy and uni­ty.

“To have Lisa and her chil­dren tak­en from us so sud­den­ly and un­der such hor­rif­ic cir­cum­stances makes this one of the sad­dest days of my life,” Dr. Row­ley said.

He hailed Mor­ris-Ju­lian as one of the PNM’s most out­stand­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tives, stat­ing that her loss has left the par­ty in a state of pro­found grief. “On be­half of the PNM, I ex­tend our heart­felt con­do­lences to her fam­i­ly. We are an or­gan­i­sa­tion in shock and in tears,” he added.

The Prime Min­is­ter as­sured the fam­i­ly of the gov­ern­ment and par­ty’s un­wa­ver­ing sup­port dur­ing this dif­fi­cult time, vow­ing to stand by them in their mo­ment of need.

“This tragedy is an un­bear­able loss for the fam­i­ly and for the na­tion. We will come to­geth­er to ho­n­our Lisa’s lega­cy and pro­vide strength to her loved ones as they face the dif­fi­cult days ahead,” Dr. Row­ley con­clud­ed.