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Article: PRIME MINISTER STEPS DOWN.
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- Caribbean Update
- Article date:
- December 1, 2000
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Longstanding Prime Minister, Sir James Mitchell, 69, stepped down, making way for his Finance Minister Arnhim Eustace, reports CANA (October 26, 2000). "I have fought the good fight. I have run my course," he told thousands of people who went to Victoria Park to witness the change of leadership:
The "passing of the baton" took place during a military parade to mark the country's 21st ...