The Congress of the People (COP) has won the Arima Borough Corporation. Spirits ran high last night at the COP headquarters, Eastern Main Road, El Dorado, after the results rolled in from the various corporations. The COP captured six out of seven seats in the Arima Borough Corporation.
Speaking after the victory was declared, region campaign manager for the Arima Borough, Wendy Lee Yuen, said: "We killed the 'PNM till I dead' myth in Arima. Arima is the country's political barometer and they have started change." Also speaking was COP political leader Winston Dookeran who reminded candidates their work had just begun.
He said in the election "people came out with a vengeance"" to transform ownership of democracy. Dookeran said the victory was a victory to get all politicians to work for their people.
The COP Arima candidates who won their seats were:
Clinton Jennings–Arima Central;
Flora Singh–Arima West/O'Meara;
Hugo Ambrose Lewis–Tumpuna;
Patricia Metivier–Arima North East;
Vedya Mahabir–Malabar North and
Wayne Bertrand–Calvary.