No UNC victory in local polls

A LEADING trade unionist predicted yesterday that the United National Congress (UNC) would lose the local government election because of mistakes made while in Government. OWTU president-general Errol McLeod, made the prediction during a news briefing at the union’s Paramount Building headquarters in San Fernando yesterday. He said the the population would not forget the UNC’s legacy of “corruption and malfeasance, which had run rampant throughout the country during the party’s term in office.” Its losing those elections will relate directly to its term in Government, which also saw the UNC attacking almost everyone in society,” McLeod said. He said the combined efforts of the UNC and the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR) would not affect the outcome of the polls. McLeod said the experience of the 1995 electoral accomodation by the two parties was still fresh in the “nation’s collective memory.” He reiterated the union’s independence from political interference saying he was not a supporter of any party.