UNC chairmen now deputies

THE UNC will make two of its current chairmen deputies in the Regional Corporations in which they now  serve, while former Mayor Orlando Nag-essar is tipped to be the Deputy Mayor of the Chagua-0nas Borough Corporation.

The UNC has also chosen former NAR member and Director of the Land Settlement Agency (LSA), Dr Allen Sammy, to be Chairman of the Penal/Debe Regional Corporation. The UNC’s screening committee met on Saturday at the Rienzi Complex, to screen likely candidates for chairmen, vice chairmen, mayor and deputy mayor and councillors for the three corporations and one borough which it controls. Newsday sources said Sammy’s deputy will be Carl Debideen, current Chairman of the Penal/Debe Corporation. The person tipped to be Chairman of the Couva/ Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation is Jeewan Mungroo with the NAR leader, Lennox Sankersingh as his deputy. At the Princes Town Regional Corporation, Khemchand Ram-dath is tipped to be the Chairman. Ramdath is a former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education. His Deputy is said to be Winston Chindra, the current Chairman of the said Corporation. Newsday sources confirmed Dr Suruj Rambachan as the new Mayor of Chaguanas. However Rambachan, who was a previous Chairman of the St Patrick County Council, when contacted by Newsday said he had not been informed by the Opposition. He said if he was in fact the party’s choice he would be honoured to serve. Rambachan currently hosts a radio programme on Sangeet 106 FM.

Former Mayor Nagessar is being tipped to be Rambachan’s deputy. Nagessar also could not confirm he would be the Deputy. He too said he was not informed. Regarding the decision to replace him in the central heartland, Nagessar said he was fully supportive of the party’s decision. He said he wasn’t too concerned about who was selected as Mayor but rather more concerned about rebuilding the party and reclaiming full control of the Chaguanas Council. The PNM won three seats in the Borough. The Mayaro/Rio Claro Regional Cor-poration is tied with both the UNC and PNM having won three seats each in last Monday’s Local Government election. The pulling of straws to determine which party controls the Corporation will be done on Tuesday. Meantime UNC Chairman Senator Wade Mark, when contacted by Newsday said the party had to make further consultations before releasing its confirmed choices for chairmen and deputies as well as mayor and deputy mayor for Chaguanas. Councillors at the Borough will be sworn in tomorrow while the swearing in ceremony for mayor and deputy mayor will take place next Monday. Both ceremonies are carded for 10 am.