Government
Misick promises to be Premier for all after “Sweet, Sweet Victory”
Deandrea Hamilton
Editor
Turks and Caicos, February 8, 2025 – When the cheering and dancing and handshakes and high fives were given the attention they rightly deserved, Washington Misick, the resoundingly re-elected premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands turned his attention from the divisiveness of the election trail to a message of solidarity.
“I have lost elections, so I know how difficult it is for you but now it is time to put partisan differences aside and work on behalf of our people,” said Misick, as he spoke pointedly to the Leader of the Opposition from his celebration stage just after midnight on February 8.
“I want to thank our wonderful and loyal supporters. Our campaign team and our candidates who worked hard, long hours, burned the midnight oil to mount this victorious campaign. I wanna thank my beloved wife and our extended families of all of our candidates for all of their support. Tonight’s victory belongs to you.
Because of you we will be able to continue the work of building for our children and our children’s children. I am inviting everyone to be on this journey with us, whether you’ve voted PNP or whether you voted PDM or whether you voted independent. I want you to be on this journey with us,” he said.
The premier, who is now serving a second consecutive term in office and serving for a third time as leader of the Turks and Caicos Islands,
was flanked by his winning team and throngs of jubilant supporters assembled at the party’s headquarters in Providenciales.
While the PNP was clearly most able to energize its base, winning many of their seats by spectacular margins, voter turnout in this 2025 General Election was at an historical low. The premier, in his victory speech demonstrated his awareness of that fact and offered an olive branch to those who skipped voting altogether, which would have been over 2,400 people, according to Elections Office statistics.
“And to those Islanders who did not vote for me or the PNP, I hope that our work, policies and programs will earn your support and your blessings. I promise, I will hear your voices, we will hear your voices and I promise that we will be there for you and I will be your Premier too.”
The Washington Misick led team swept the At Large category securing all nine seats, which now also introduces two first time Members of Parliament. Only three seats from the constituency races went unsecured by the PNP; it was a total of 16 seats for the party in yellow.
“On this journey, we must have great success together and we will continue the economic and social transformation together. No journey is without bumps and setbacks, you won’t always agree with the decisions we take but I will always be honest with you about why we make those decisions and the challenges we face.”
“To every islander and every resident, we will work hard everyday on your behalf and we will create the conditions and the opportunities to give all of our people a better quality of life,” he said to vigorous applause, adding, “Let us build together in a single purpose to make our beautiful by nature Turks and Caicos Islands the place where dreams flourish, justice abounds, love is abounding and hope is endless.”
The Premier informed supporters and those watching via social media that work for his new Progressive National Party Administration continues promptly on Monday.
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