Trinidad and Tobago celebrates 37 years of Republicanism

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago is observing the 37th anniversary of being a republic on Tuesday with political leaders saying the head of state saying the mistakes over the past three decades were part of the process of maturity.
“Even a fleeting comparison of our nation with other nations that have histories as short as ours, ought to serve as an encouraging reminder to us of how relatively well we have done as a nation, holding our own, creating and maintaining a vibrant and peaceful democracy where many larger and older nations have failed to so do,” President Anthony Carmona said in a radio and television broadcast to mark the occasion, a national holiday here.
But Carmona, who was elected to office in March this year, said there was also a need for rededication in many areas