Kamla's style: humility, passion and good procedures

PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar with two of her top performing ministers, Jack Warner and Roodal Moonilal

Excerpt from an editorial in the SUNDAY EXPRESS

Ms Persad-Bissessar's second round of Cabinet changes come with stern injunctions for those who have ears to hear. She communicates a disposition of intolerance for "mediocrity" and "arrogance", urging instead an approach recognised as "humble", "passionate" and heedful of "good procedures".

The work is cut out for members of the newly reorganised People's Partnership administration management team. "Cabinet must deliver a level of competence and performance for an impatient and expectant population," the Prime Minister said, acknowledging a national mood of zero tolerance for anything else.

Conceding thereby that "competence" and "performance" have fallen short, Ms Persad-Bissessar also determined that communication deserved better handling. All eyes turn to the new Minister and Ministry of Communication, but it is the Prime Minister who will either be exalted or damned by how this and other changes turn out.

Read the full editorial: GOING BRAVE