Three women vie for COP leadership

The nominees for political leader in alphabetical order are Nicole Dyer-Griffith, Sharon Gopaul Mc Nicol and Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan.

Dyer-Griffith, a former Miss Trinidad and Tobago (Miss Universe) is a former COP chairman who served as a government senator and then formed the group, Alliance of Independents.

A public relations practitioner, she has hosted social discussions, “Oxygen with Nicole”.

Mc Nicol, a university lecturer who has a doctorate in psychology and has published 13 books, is a former People’s National Movement (PNM) constituency coordinator and a former COP deputy political leader.

Seepersad-Bachan is a former Minister of Energy and Minister of Public Administration, and former San Fernando West MP.

She is a trained engineer and a university lecturer. She served as COP chairman, a previously vied to be political leader.

Newsday understands that the COP may organise two meetings between the candidates and the party membership, respectively in north and south Trinidad.

Current political leader Anirudh Mahabir is not seeking re-election, and also not contesting is former leader St Augustine MP Prakash Ramadhar