Question: who will be the new president of trinidad and tobago
Answer: On 5 January 2018 , the name of Paula - Mae Weekes , a judge of the Turks and Caicos Islands Court of Appeal , was put forward by the PNM government of Prime Minister Keith Rowley in hopes of reaching a consensus with the UNC - led parliamentary opposition of Kamla Persad - Bissessar , which later indeed endorsed her nomination as well .