UNC elects executive in May

THE Opposition United National Congress (UNC) will hold its constituency executive elections of the party between May 5 and 14.

Persons wishing to contest positions to function in all 36 constituencies at the executive level, have until May 4 to submit their nomination papers to the party’s secretariat, Rienzi Complex, Couva.

Only financial members of the UNC, the party’s Communication’s Unit said yesterday, will be allowed to contest. The party is also gearing up for Local Government elections and according to UNC’s public relations officer Harry Partap, a total of 212 candidates have been screened to contest postitons in the Regional, Borough and City Corporations. Partap said that 50 more prospective candidates are carded for screening. Prime Minister Patrick Manning is yet to announce the date for Local Government elections.