PNM tried to buy UNC supporters’ votes

MINUTES after casting his ballot at the San Fernando Government Secondary school yesterday, Opposition UNC leader Basdeo Panday, said allegations of “vote-buying” by PNM supporters, would be reported to the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC). Panday, who voted in the Les Efforts West/ La Romain electoral district was accompanied by wife, Oma, Senator Sadiq Baksh and top UNC honcho Dr Tim Goopeesingh. Panday told Newsday, party officials had received several complaints from UNC supporters, who said PNM activists had offered them money to vote for candidates from the ruling party. He vowed to report all allegations to the EBC, including the removal of mock UNC polling stations from UNC-controlled areas. And asked about the quality of the electoral ink, Panday quipped that this year’s product, “looked good.”