Mickela Panday's rejuvenation of the Patriotic Front ahead of a general election constitutionally due next year, is intriguing to say the least.
The well-known daughter of the late United National Congress (UNC) founder, Basdeo Panday, who has been riding a wave of renewed popularity since Mr Panday's passing in January, has announced her intention to field a full slate of 41 candidates whenever the election bell rings.
However, political tongues are already wagging in and outside of the UNC about the Panday legacy and whether Mickela will ultimately find a place back home within the opposition party.
Like her father whom she revered, Ms Panday was never far from politics. When she was elected as the Oropouche West MP in 2007, many in the party viewed her as the future face of the UNC.
But those hopes were quickly dashed after Kamla Persad-Bissessar took over the leadership of the UNC in January 2010.
Ms Panday was unceremoniously replaced in short order by Stacy Roopnarine as the UNC candidate for Oropouche West in the May 24, 2010, General Election, which the People's Partnership won.
At the time, Ms Panday had maintained that she was being victimised because she was a Panday and that Mrs Persad-Bissessar was seeking to suppress the Panday political legacy in a bid to establish her own.
However, Mrs Persad-Bissessar's contention was that Mr Panday could no longer lead the UNC to victory at the polls, and that fresh blood was needed.
Given this backdrop, Ms Panday’s return to active politics is significant, coming at a time when the tables have turned on Mrs Persad-Bissessar, who is now the one fighting to defend her leadership against those who believe she can no longer lead the party to victory at the polls.
While Ms Panday has so far denied claims that she is in talks with Rushton Paray, who is leading the charge for change in the UNC, we look forward with bated breath to the outcome of the party's upcoming internal elections, since it appears some members of the party are too disenchanted with Persad-Bissessar's leadership to continue to offer her their support heading into next year's national poll.
For those in the UNC who believe that Paray and his faction are not a viable alternative to Persad-Bissessar, Ms Panday could very well be the necessary link between the old and the new.
This all makes for a very interesting road ahead to the next general election.
However, Panday’s daughter or not, Mickela must still prove herself as a suitable leader for T&T and convince the electorate that her Patriotic Front has more to offer them than either the UNC or the incumbent PNM.
More now than ever, with T&T clamouring for non-traditional responses to pressing national issues, she must demonstrate she has the mettle to stand on her own, which is easier said than done.
T&T's political graveyard is littered with other significant campaigners who once showed promise only to be obliterated by the main two parties.
How Ms Panday navigates the ghosts of her past to craft a new and viable political future for herself and her followers, will determine the success of her mission.