Dr. Rigobert
The appointment of Dr. Gale Rigobert as the country’s new Leader of the Opposition has been confirmed and will take effect from February 1, 2014.
Dr. Rigobert’s selection comes about a week after Parliamentary Representative for Castries North Stephenson King was voted out of the post by his United Workers Party colleagues. An official letter sent to the Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy to formalize the process, has been accepted.
“Pursuant to Section 67 of the Constitution of Saint Lucia and subject to the provisions of the said Constitution I do hereby appoint you the said Gale Tracy Christiane Rigobert, to be the Leader of the Opposition with effect from February 1, 2014, with all the powers, rights, privileges and advantages to the said Office belonging or appertaining,” the governor general’s appointment letter read.
Dr. Rigobert was a member of the Senate. Prior to her senatorial appointment, she served as advisor to the National Development in the Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and National Development.
She won her Micoud North seat in the 2011 general election and was elected deputy political leader of the UWP in July 2013.
In November 2013 she was made the ambassador for peace for the Universal Peace Federation.