UNC constituency elections next month

In an interview yesterday, Lee said nominations for all positions within the 41 constituency executives had opened on Wednesday with nomination forms available at the party’s Couva headquarters.

Nominations will close on March 10 with the elections being held on April 2 and April 9 respectively.

“The elections are open to all UNC members,” Lee said.

“These elections are the constituency executive elections in the 41 constituencies so for example Siparia, Pointe - a - Pierre, C haguanas East, Chaguanas West, you have to be a UNC member to be eligible to put yourself up as a nominee for any particular post, from chairman, vice chairman, secretary, treasurer, party organiser within the constituency.” Lee said this is regular internal elections for the constituencies and later this year, there is supposed to be the national executive elections and all positions would be open from chairman go down with the exception of the political leader.