Po­lit­i­cal Leader of the Pa­tri­ot­ic Front, Mick­ela Pan­day, is call­ing on po­lit­i­cal op­po­nents who are bul­ly­ing her can­di­dates to di­rect their ag­gres­sion at her in­stead.

Speak­ing at a po­lit­i­cal meet­ing at Twin Walls, San Fer­nan­do, last evening, Pan­day told sup­port­ers that al­though there have been re­ports of bul­ly­ing, none of the at­tacks have been aimed at her.

Ear­li­er this month, Pan­day re­vealed that threats had forced four Pa­tri­ot­ic Front can­di­dates to with­draw from the elec­tion race.

She was speak­ing in de­fence of the par­ty’s Oropouche East can­di­date, Dan­ny Jadoo­nanan, who she said is the lat­est vic­tim of po­lit­i­cal in­tim­i­da­tion.

“The Pa­tri­ot­ic Front is ex­pe­ri­enc­ing re­al bul­ly­ing be­cause no one is fund­ing me,” Pan­day said. “And you’re look­ing at a par­ty that is try­ing to help oth­ers, and you’re cussing us and abus­ing us.”

Pan­day added that the Pa­tri­ot­ic Front is con­test­ing 37 seats and is work­ing to fix what she de­scribed as the dam­age caused by both the PNM and UNC over the years. “Our par­ty is get­ting abused for try­ing to mend what they have bro­ken,” she said.