Prime Minister mourns death of UNC councillor

Sascha Wil­son

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she is deeply sad­dened by the death of Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress coun­cil­lor Romona Vic­tor, adding that the tragedy re­in­forces the im­por­tance of reach­ing out for help.

Po­lice said Vic­tor, 36, and her hus­band, Rod­ney Ram­sumair, 45, were found dead in their Siparia home on Sun­day in what in­ves­ti­ga­tors be­lieve was a mur­der sui­cide.

The fol­low­ing is the state­ment is­sued by Per­sad-Bisses­sar this morn­ing.

“I am deeply sad­dened by the trag­ic pass­ing of Coun­cil­lor Romona Tee­neal Vic­tor, the ded­i­cat­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tive for Siparia East and San Fran­cique South, whose life end­ed un­der the most painful and dis­tress­ing cir­cum­stances.

“Romona was a com­mit­ted and com­pas­sion­ate pub­lic ser­vant whose work touched many lives. She served her com­mu­ni­ty with hu­mil­i­ty, kind­ness, and un­wa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion, al­ways plac­ing the needs of oth­ers at the cen­tre of her ef­forts.

“Her loss leaves a pro­found void with­in the Siparia Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion and across the wider com­mu­ni­ty.

“On be­half of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress, I ex­tend our deep­est and most heart­felt con­do­lences to her fam­i­ly, loved ones, and col­leagues.

“We pray that God grants them strength, com­fort, and peace in this unimag­in­able time of grief, and that His guid­ing pres­ence sur­rounds them in the dif­fi­cult days ahead.

“This tragedy re­minds us of how com­plex and frag­ile per­son­al cir­cum­stances can be. It al­so re­in­forces the im­por­tance of reach­ing out for help, and of en­sur­ing that any­one fac­ing qui­et strug­gles feels sup­port­ed, en­cour­aged, and safe to come for­ward with­out fear or hes­i­ta­tion.

“May Romona’s soul rest in peace, and may her lega­cy of ser­vice, com­pas­sion, and com­mu­ni­ty up­lift­ment con­tin­ue to in­spire us all.”