President Ramkalawan continues series of familiarisation visits in key sectors |30 October 2020

The meeting with senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning

President Wavel Ramkalawan on Wednesday continued his series of familiarisation sessions with key officials from critical sectors in the country. 

The series of meetings is providing the new Head of State with the opportunity to better acquaint himself with their mode of operation and discuss ongoing challenges in line with making informed decisions, in the best interest of the people and the country.

As a follow up to the meeting held on Tuesday at State House with the Commissioner of Police, Kishnan Labonte, the President on Wednesday morning visited the police headquarters at 8am. He was met by the Commissioner of Police and the two deputies – Ted Barbe and Romano Songor. The President was briefed on some of the sensitive matters being investigated by the police.

Leaving the police headquarters, the President, who was accompanied by Vice-President Ahmed Afif, met the Public Health Commissioner, Dr Jude Gedeon at State House for an update on the global situation and the local context with regard to Covid-19 to date.

On Wednesday afternoon, President Ramkalawan held a second meeting with the Governor of the Central Bank, Caroline Abel, and her team as a continuation of discussions of the current finance and economic perspective of the country.

Still vis-à-vis finance and to obtain more in-depth information on the current financial outlook of the country, that same afternoon the President also held discussions with senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, Trade, Investment and Economic Planning during a meeting held at Liberty House. During discussions, he was briefed by the Secretary of State for the ministry, Patrick Payet, the principal secretary for Finance, Damien Thésée and the principal secretary in the department of Economic Planning, Elizabeth Agathine.

Press release from State House