Fol­low­ing the an­nounce­ment by Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley that the Par­lia­men­tary Cau­cus had sup­port­ed En­er­gy Min­is­ter Stu­art Young to re­place him as Prime Min­is­ter when he steps down, Guardian Me­dia spoke with cit­i­zens in Port-of-Spain to get their re­ac­tions to the de­ci­sion.

David,

en­tre­pre­neur,

San­gre Grande 

 I don’t see him as a leader. He don’t have the leader qual­i­ties. He is a green­horn. 

Lay­lanne Taitt,

ad­min­is­tra­tor, Ari­ma    

I would quick­er go with Pen­ne­lope Beck­les. That is just my choice. I don’t think (he is) a warm kind of per­son, an ap­proach­able per­son, he would not be my first pick. 

In­dra Seenath,

ac­coun­tant, Ch­agua­nas 

I think he is a good re­place­ment and he would do us well. 

Charles,

self-em­ployed, Mar­aval    

(Dr Kei­th) Row­ley right now is not the favourite to run the par­ty. A lot of peo­ple dis­ap­point­ed how he run­ning the coun­try and with the crime and all that. We are hop­ing Stu­art Young would do a bet­ter job.

Tony Ramkay, pest con­trol man­ag­er, Ch­agua­nas   

Let us see if it is a good move. I wish he do some­thing good to help the peo­ple in T&T now be­cause it is a lot of crime tak­ing place. If he could do some­thing that is a change, that would be very nice.

Garfield Win­ston, teacher, Ari­ma   

I think the ex­pe­ri­ence he has been rushed in such a short space of time and sec­ond­ly, I don’t think he fits the bill in terms of his de­meanour and his ap­proach to pol­i­tics.