r/TrinidadandTobago • u/UltimateKing9898 • 3d ago
Politics Nomination Day...Thoughts?
So, the candidates from every party for each contested seat for this year's election have been officially nominated as of today. The PNM has had all candidates selected for the 41 seats they're contesting since March and has been pushing them since. The UNC's Coalition of Interest, consisting of candidates from the UNC, PEP, LOVE, OWTU and the COP at the last minute, finally announced their full slate of 39 candidates at a function last night.
On both sides certain figures stood down from election compared to 2020. On the UNC's side, none of the MPs who competed against Kamla Persad-Bissessar's Star team in the previous national executive internal elections ended up being the UNC candidates for their incumbent seats, as Rai Ragbir and Dinesh Rambally withdrew themselves from consideration, and Rushton Paray and Anita Haynes-Alleyne were actively rejected from running by the UNC's screening committee. Also noteworthy is that some UNC candidates were shopped away from the constituencies they contested in previous elections (e.g. Barry Padarath, Jerlean John, David Lee). Also the parties have obviously been hosting rallies and walkabouts through the constituencies throughout the day today.
What are your thoughts on all this? Have your candidates changed and if so, will this impact your voting choice? What do you think of this year's slate from each party?
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u/Intelligent-Bit5545 2d ago
I live in the constituency of Caroni Central. Dr. David Lee is the representative for my constituency. I will be voting for him. PNM has to go. As a black man living in Trinidad coming from a family of pro PNM supporters, I don't like the direction the current government has taken us in the last 9½ years. People must wake up and build a perception in hindsight where PNM is going to take us if they win this GE. It will be a road of more crime, higher cost of living, more taxes coming out of our salaries, deplorable roads, and the list can go on and on. PNM under Dr Rowley has denigrated, and Stuart Young will nail the final nail in the coffin for us. Support UNC and yellow is the code.