Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

Po­lit­i­cal leader of the PNM To­ba­go Coun­cil An­cil Den­nis has again ac­cused the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) of se­cret­ly col­lab­o­rat­ing and ne­go­ti­at­ing with the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC).

At a spot meet­ing in Mt Grace on Wednes­day night, Den­nis claimed the TPP planned to hand over To­ba­go’s two seats to the UNC, there­by fa­cil­i­tat­ing their re­turn to gov­ern­ment.

“Make no mis­take, a vote for Far­ley Au­gus­tine and the TPP is a vote for Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and the UNC. That is what they want—pow­er at any cost,” he said.

Den­nis warned To­bag­o­ni­ans against trust­ing TPP po­lit­i­cal leader with their votes and re­called past in­stances where al­liances be­tween To­ba­go rep­re­sen­ta­tives and the UNC did not ben­e­fit the is­land.

He fur­ther al­leged that Au­gus­tine has been qui­et­ly ne­go­ti­at­ing and part­ner­ing with the UNC since De­cem­ber 2021 and urged vot­ers to be cau­tious, say­ing: “Do not be fooled again. Once is enough.”

Den­nis al­so ques­tioned Au­gus­tine’s po­lit­i­cal in­tegri­ty, sug­gest­ing that his lead­er­ship has been de­fined by se­cre­cy and de­cep­tion.

“Far­ley Au­gus­tine has nev­er been up­front with the peo­ple of To­ba­go. He al­ways says one thing in pub­lic and does some­thing else be­hind closed doors,” he said.

Den­nis pre­vi­ous­ly claimed to have ev­i­dence link­ing Au­gus­tine to the UNC. How­ev­er, Au­gus­tine has de­nied these al­le­ga­tions.

Den­nis en­cour­aged To­bag­o­ni­ans to sup­port the PNM can­di­dates, sying it was im­por­tant to have ex­pe­ri­enced rep­re­sen­ta­tion that pri­ori­tis­es the is­land’s in­ter­ests.

“To­ba­go needs strong lead­er­ship. To­ba­go needs a gov­ern­ment that un­der­stands its needs and fights for its fu­ture. The PNM has al­ways been that par­ty,” he said.