Renu­ka Singh

Ca­roni East Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment Dr Tim Gopeesingh is step­ping out of the 2020 Gen­er­al Elec­tions.

Gopeesingh made the an­nounce­ment at the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress' (UNC) vir­tu­al meet­ing on Thurs­day night.

This is con­fir­ma­tion of the weeks of spec­u­la­tion that he was not go­ing to re­con­test his seat.

Last week, amid spec­u­la­tion that Gopeesingh was step­ping down, for­mer tem­po­rary sen­a­tor Kirk Meighoo con­firmed that he put his name for­ward for Gopeesingh's seat, but has not yet been screened.

"His­to­ry nev­er re­al­ly says good­bye, his­to­ry says see you lat­er," he said.

"So I will see you lat­er, on the cam­paign trail as I lend my sup­port, ex­per­tise, ex­pe­ri­ence and skills to our dis­tin­guished po­lit­i­cal leader and her team and to all our can­di­dates," he said.

He said that the sun will rise again on the UNC when­ev­er Prime Min­is­ter Dr Keirh Row­ley de­cides to ring the elec­tion bell.

"And then, God will­ing, I will see you all again, on the oth­er side of the elec­tions when we take back Gov­ern­ment and bring back hope and progress to this coun­try," Gopeesingh said.