PNM launches bid for Penal/Debe

ALTHOUGH candidates for the two major parties in the upcoming local government elections are still to be officially announced, the ruling PNM continue to introduce its candidates in traditional Opposition strongholds. The latest is the Penal/ Debe Regional Corporation, where the PNM’s eight candidates have already started holding cottage meetings.

According to ‘shadow’ PNM MP for Siparia Roopnarine Ragroo, the party is “quietly confident of a major upset or two” within the Opposition stronghold. “The campaign is going well, and while it may seem to be a low-keyed campaign, we have hit the streets with our message of good governance well before the other party’s candidates are even known,” he said. All eight seats in the Penal/Debe Regional Corporation are currently controlled by the UNC. Meanwhile, Chairman of the UNC’s Local Government Election campaign team, Chandresh Sharma, said the party had recieved over 313 nominees to contest the 126 seats in the upcoming polls.