Muradali takes charge of City of San Fernando

Dr Navi Muradali will take the oath of office Friday to become the Mayor of the City of San Fernando. He succeeds Marlene Coudray who resigned last week to join the cabinet as minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development.

Muradali, who is a member of the Congress of the People (COP), confirmed to local media that the ceremony will take place at the bandstand on Harris Promenade, opposite City Hall. 

Muradali, 38, said he wants to have a public swearing-in to demonstrate how he intends to conduct business.

“I think it represents openness and transparency," he said. He added that holding it in the public domain "will give residents of the city of San Fernando the opportunity to observe an election of aldermen and the inauguration of a mayor." 

Muradali said being named mayor is “a very humbling experience and I do hope that I can deliver good governance to the residents of the city of San Fernando.”