Bro Resistance retains TUCO presidency

Shortly after the proceedings were called to order by Lutalo Masimba (Bro Resistance), he handed over control to the presiding officer Robert Giuseppi who told members that their organisation was one of the most important groups in the county, and urged them to honour and respect their organisation for its betterment. Voting began at 11 am with a long line of members waiting patiently to cast their votes.

At the 2 pm cut off time for voting quite a large number of people were yet to go through the process.

Some peeved members complained that it was simply taking too long. Morel Peters (Luta) and Winston Peters (Gypsy) challenged Lutalo Masimba (Bro Resistance) for the leadership role of President, while the General Secretary post was contested by Wayne Mc Donald (Cassman) and Eric Taylor (Panther).

Up to press time last night, even as results for the various posts were still being counted, news coming to hand was that Masimba had retained his post as president of the organisation.

Contesting the post of Treasurer were Dennis Cox and Robert Elias (D Mighty Trini) and for Assistant Treasurer, there were Anthony Johnson and Wendell Moreau. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) post that was left vacant by the outgoing Karega Mandela had the most amount of challengers. They were Duane O’Connor, Steve Pascall (Ras Kommanda), Miguella Simon, Abbi Blackman and Winston Henry (Explainer).

The Education and Research Officer position was a three-way contest among Franz Lambkin (Delamo), Melissa Williams and Maegan Sylvester, while Welfare Officer was a two-way fight between Carlston Kerr (Calypso Kerr) and Joseph Thompson. Dr Rudy Ottley was challenged by Lennox London for the post of Marketing Manager and vying for only two available Trustee positions were Annmarie Parks-Kojo (Twiggy), Joseph Adams, Ainsley Mayers, Ingrid Matthew and Michael Mc Intyre.

Three members of the executive went up unopposed and therefore retained their positions. They are Ainsley King (Vice-president), Shirlane Hendrickson (Assistant Secretary) and Devon Seale (Assistant PRO). The new executive will serve for a three-year period. Up to press time, the results of the election were not known.