SHAR­LENE RAM­PER­SAD

The Pro­gres­sive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Pa­tri­ots (PDP) has an­nounced its full slate of can­di­dates for the De­cem­ber 6 To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) elec­tions.

The par­ty, which won six seats in the THA elec­tion in Jan­u­ary, has al­so an­nounced its theme for the elec­tion: “Leh We Fix Dis.”

In the Jan­u­ary elec­tion, the PDP tied with the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) 6-6, leav­ing the as­sem­bly in a dead­lock. Af­ter the Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion cre­at­ed three new elec­toral dis­tricts on the is­land, a fresh elec­tion date was an­nounced.

So far, the PNM has re­leased their full slate of can­di­dates, the In­no­v­a­tive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Al­liance (IDA) has an­nounced five can­di­dates and the Uni­ty of the Peo­ple (UTP) has an­nounced one. 

IDA po­lit­i­cal leader, Dr Denise Tsoiafatt-An­gus, had pre­vi­ous­ly said the par­ty would con­test all 15 elec­toral dis­tricts in the elec­tion. 

In their an­nounce­ment of can­di­dates on Mon­day, the PDP list­ed its 15 “Spar­tans.”

They are: Natisha Charles-Pan­tin (Bagatelle/Ba­co­let), Dr Faith B. Yis­rael (Belle Gar­den/Glam­or­gan), Ter­ance Baynes (Bethel/New Grange), Zor­isha Hack­ett (Bethes­da/Les Coteaux), Joel Samp­son (Bon Ac­cord/Crown Point), Son­ny Craig (Buc­coo/Mt Pleas­ant), Ab­by Tay­lor (Dar­rel Spring/Whim), Wane Clarke (Lam­beau/Low­lands), Ian Pol­lard (Ma­son Hall/Mo­ri­ah), Megan Mor­ri­son (Mt St George/Good­wood), Far­ley Chavez Au­gus­tine (Par­latu­vi­er/L’anse Four­mi/Spey­side), Niall George (Ply­mouth/Black Rock), Wat­son Duke (Rox­bor­ough/Ar­gyle), Trevor James (Scar­bor­ough/Mt Grace) and Nigel Taitt (Sig­nal Hill/Pa­tience Hill.)

The par­ty said it was proud to be one that is in­dige­nous to To­ba­go and can cham­pi­on the is­sues of To­bag­o­ni­ans.

The PDP al­so called on To­bag­o­ni­ans to make their votes count in this elec­tion.

“The par­ty strong­ly be­lieves in de­mo­c­ra­t­ic gov­er­nance and hopes to reengi­neer the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly in­to a sys­tem that works for To­bag­o­ni­ans, a sys­tem in which re­sources are bet­ter man­aged, trans­paren­cy and ac­count­abil­i­ty are ev­i­dent and all sec­tors of so­ci­ety ben­e­fit as a re­sult,” the re­lease stat­ed.