Trinidad introduces law to have term limits for head of government

Trinidad’s coalition People’s Partnership government has introduced legislation providing for 10-year term limits for the head of government.



It will also allow voters to recall their elected representatives.



In addition, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told the Parliament yesterday that the Constitution Amendment bill will make provisions for a run-off in a general election, where the leading candidate fails to secure more than 50 per cent of the votes on the first count.



Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar said the new measures were contained in the 2010 manifesto of the four-party coalition government, headed by the United National Congress and that the constitutional amendment would provide more power to the people.



Trinidad is due for a general election by mid-2015.



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