Jack Warn­er, chair­man of UNC, said last night that the lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tions would be held be­fore the end of the year. Warn­er re­peat­ed an elec­tion pledge that a prime min­is­ter would be per­mit­ted two elec­toral terms and that there would be fixed elec­tion dates. He al­so re­it­er­at­ed that the new gov­ern­ment would not per­mit the con­struc­tion of an alu­minum smelter and would not per­mit a prop­er­ty tax. He stressed that the Gov­ern­ment's work would be­gin to­day. He called on sup­port­ers to hold the ad­min­is­tra­tion ac­count­able.

Artists hail vic­to­ry

The Artists Coali­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go last night be­came one of the first or­gan­i­sa­tions to con­grat­u­late the new gov­ern­ment. In­ter­im pres­i­dent Rubadiri Vic­tor said his or­gan­i­sa­tion looks for­ward to "this new dis­pen­sa­tion of gov­ern­ment and vows to part­ner with them to make this the best pe­ri­od for the arts that this coun­try has ever seen."