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| Jack Warner concedes loss of seat in Trinidad and Tobago parliament | Jack Warner concedes loss of seat in Trinidad and Tobago parliament |
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| Jack Warner, the former Fifa official accused of corruption, conceded he had lost his seat in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament as the incumbent party was voted out in elections and a new prime minister took office. | Jack Warner, the former Fifa official accused of corruption, conceded he had lost his seat in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament as the incumbent party was voted out in elections and a new prime minister took office. |
| Related: Fifa corruption: Trinidad receives extradition papers for Jack Warner | Related: Fifa corruption: Trinidad receives extradition papers for Jack Warner |
| Warner, one of 14 people indicted in the US-led prosecution involving international football’s governing body Fifa, looked to have lost his Chaguanas East constituency by a large margin. “This is my last hurrah in politics,” the former Fifa vice-president said after the vote. | Warner, one of 14 people indicted in the US-led prosecution involving international football’s governing body Fifa, looked to have lost his Chaguanas East constituency by a large margin. “This is my last hurrah in politics,” the former Fifa vice-president said after the vote. |
| Warner, 72, swept up in a scandal that has rocked the world football governing body since it broke in May, is a long-time parliament member. | Warner, 72, swept up in a scandal that has rocked the world football governing body since it broke in May, is a long-time parliament member. |
| He launched his own party, the ILP, in 2013 after the prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, sacked him from his cabinet. His implication in the Fifa scandal has left him fighting extradition to the US. | He launched his own party, the ILP, in 2013 after the prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, sacked him from his cabinet. His implication in the Fifa scandal has left him fighting extradition to the US. |
| On Wednesday Keith Rowley was sworn in as prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago during a brief ceremony in the Caribbean country’s capital, Port-of-Spain. His People’s National Movement won 23 seats in the 41-member House of Representatives in Monday’s vote, ousting Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s coalition. | |
| Faris Al-Rawi was sworn in as attorney general, and retired Major General Edmund Dillon took the oath as minister of national security. | Faris Al-Rawi was sworn in as attorney general, and retired Major General Edmund Dillon took the oath as minister of national security. |
| Rowley and his party take power as the country wrestles with slowing growth due to falling prices for its principal exports, natural gas and oil. | Rowley and his party take power as the country wrestles with slowing growth due to falling prices for its principal exports, natural gas and oil. |
| An observer team said the election was fair and transparent, although it raised concerns about potential corruption related to campaign financing. | An observer team said the election was fair and transparent, although it raised concerns about potential corruption related to campaign financing. |
| • This article was amended on 14 September 2015. An earlier version gave the name of Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister as David Rowley. |