For­mer Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment min­is­ter and MP Jar­rette Nar­ine has passed away.

Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley mourned his pass­ing yes­ter­day with a post on so­cial me­dia say­ing, “A pa­tri­ot has re­tired. For us in the PNM, a stal­wart is gone af­ter he had kept the faith and run the course.” 

Nar­ine was Arou­ca North MP from 1991-2007, served as Min­is­ter of Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment and Min­is­ter of Agri­cul­ture (2003-2007 )and al­so held a port­fo­lio in the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port.

The PNM Women’s League al­so mourned Nar­ine.

“Mr Nar­ine’s love for peo­ple and the pas­sion to serve them made him a force to be reck­oned with as a par­lia­men­tary rep­re­sen­ta­tive. He was firm­ly com­mit­ted to his work, a great at­tribute that led to the suc­cess­es and ad­vance­ments in his po­lit­i­cal ca­reer. He al­so ad­vised his col­leagues and as­pir­ing politi­cians that “pol­i­tics is a gen­uine and hon­est job that one can do and once done prop­er­ly, it will on­ly be for the ben­e­fit of the coun­try,” it said in a state­ment.

It not­ed that with a ca­reer span­ning over 40 years, Nar­ine had the for­tune of work­ing with for­mer PNM leader, the late Dr Er­ic Williams, the late George Cham­bers and the late Patrick Man­ning. 

Nar­ine was award­ed the PNM’s Dr Er­ic Williams medal and was al­so a re­cip­i­ent of the Cha­co­nia Sil­ver for his ser­vice to T&T just last year.

“We of the Na­tion­al Women’s League of the PNM, ex­tend our heart­felt con­do­lences to his wife, Grace and their chil­dren and grand­chil­dren. We pray that his soul rests in per­fect peace and ris­es in glo­ry,” the re­lease added.