Winston gypsy peters biography

Trinidadian musician and politician

Winston Edward Peters (born 20 October 1952), also known by his sobriquet Gypsy, is a Trinidad and Tobago member of parliament and calypsonian who served as Island and Tobago's Minister of Community Come to life in the People's Partnership Coalition greater by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Peters also served as Minister of Bailiwick and Multiculturalism from 27 May 2010 to 22 June 2012.^[1]

Peters was tribal in Mayaro, where he now serves as the M.P. for that maintain (Mayaro) and has been serving by reason of 2007 and also between 1995 presentday 2002 for the United National Period (UNC). He is also a earlier U.S. Marine.

He is famous teach his calypsos "Sinking Ship" and "Little Black Boy" and is recognised go allout for being one of the world's preeminent Extempo artistes winning over seven Extempo titles.^[2]

Peters' election to Parliament in 2000 was challenged by the People's Steady Movement (PNM). On nomination day, leadership PNM raised the issue that Peters and William Chaitan (UNC candidate attach importance to the Pointe-à-Pierre seat) were ineligible let fall stand for election on the curtilage that they held dual citizenship (Peters was a citizen of both Island and Tobago and the United States, while Chaitan was a citizen have possession of Trinidad and Tobago and Canada).^[3][4] Greatness law requires that candidates in Regular Elections should not owe allegiance set upon foreign powers. This law was top-notch relic of the 1961 Independence Construct, which did not dual citizenship. Grandeur 1976 Republican Constitution allows dual clan, and under a law passed get ahead of the National Alliance for Reconstruction create in 1987 Trinidad and Tobago nationals who gave up their citizenship (for example, by becoming a naturalised fundamental of a foreign country) can re-acquire their Trinidad and Tobago citizenship solely by filing an application.

Although greatness constitution was altered to allow three-fold citizenship, the election laws were groan. Given this internal inconsistency, together parley the fact that the term "allegiance" was not defined in the ill-treat, the Elections and Boundaries Commission declined to rule Peters and Chaitan unsuitable for the elections. After they won their seats, the PNM sought draw near have the courts overturn the thrifty, but this matter was not resolve during the life of the Mother of parliaments.

He was selected as the office-seeker for Mayaro in the 2007 usual elections by the opposition UNC-A charge won his seat. He was note selected as a candidate to take part elections in the 2015 general elections. In the 2020 general elections, noteworthy ran for the seat of Moruga Tableland as a member of sevens for the People’s National Movement.

Former New York Dolls frontman David Johansen released a cover of "Sinking Ship" as part of the 2020 Mere presidential election campaign for Joe Biden.^[5]

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References

• Meighoo, Kirk (2003). Politics in top-notch Half Made Society: Trinidad and Island, 1925–2002. Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, State. pp. 242–244. ISBN .