PM remembers Don Sylvester after his passing

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has ex­pressed sad­ness fol­low­ing the pass­ing of long-stand­ing Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) mem­ber Don Sylvester, de­scrib­ing him as a de­vot­ed and com­mit­ted sup­port­er of the par­ty.

In a state­ment, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said Sylvester’s life re­flect­ed ser­vice, com­mit­ment, and un­wa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion to the UNC.

She said dur­ing his years of pub­lic ser­vice, Sylvester served as a Tem­po­rary Gov­ern­ment Sen­a­tor dur­ing the Tenth Par­lia­ment from 2012 to 2014, con­test­ed the St Ann’s East seat for the UNC in the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tions, and held sev­er­al roles in lo­cal gov­ern­ment.

The Prime Min­is­ter said Sylvester con­sis­tent­ly an­swered the call to serve, ap­proach­ing every re­spon­si­bil­i­ty with pas­sion and a strong sense of du­ty.

She said she had the priv­i­lege of work­ing along­side him on the UNC’s Na­tion­al Ex­ec­u­tive for many years, de­scrib­ing him as steady, de­pend­able, and deeply com­mit­ted to the par­ty.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar said his be­lief in the UNC nev­er fal­tered and his sup­port for both the par­ty and her lead­er­ship re­mained con­stant over the decades. She said he re­mained en­gaged and res­olute dur­ing both strong and chal­leng­ing pe­ri­ods.

She de­scribed Sylvester as a grass­roots ac­tivist who main­tained close ties with par­ty mem­bers and un­der­stood the im­por­tance of that con­nec­tion. She said he earned the re­spect and ap­pre­ci­a­tion of the rank and file through his time, en­er­gy, and ad­vo­ca­cy, bring­ing warmth, pas­sion, and con­vic­tion to his work.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar said Sylvester’s pass­ing is a loss to the UNC and to all who worked with him, adding that his con­tri­bu­tion and loy­al­ty will not be for­got­ten.

On be­half of the Gov­ern­ment and as UNC po­lit­i­cal leader, she ex­tend­ed con­do­lences to his fam­i­ly, friends, and sup­port­ers, ex­press­ing hope that they would find com­fort in his years of ser­vice.