RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt.

As elec­tion cam­paign­ing heats up, sit­ting UNC Al­der­man Vic­tor Roberts has thrown his sup­port be­hind PNM can­di­date for La Brea, Ran­dall Mitchell, snub­bing the UNC can­di­date, trade union­ist Clyde El­der.

Roberts, who fell out with the UNC af­ter align­ing with Ma­yaro MP Rush­ton Paray’s Unit­ed Pa­tri­ots slate, has not for­mal­ly re­signed from the UNC par­ty. He said he is await­ing a re­sponse to his let­ter to Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, de­mand­ing a fi­nan­cial au­dit of UNC ac­counts which is due on April 30.

De­spite still wear­ing a UNC ti­tle, Roberts has been a reg­u­lar face at PNM events and made no apolo­gies for his open en­dorse­ment. Tak­ing a di­rect jab at the UNC’s slo­gan "Yel­low is the code," Roberts de­clared, "Red is the word," sig­nalling his full em­brace of Mitchell and the PNM.

When con­tact­ed, El­der de­clined to com­ment, say­ing he has noth­ing to say about Roberts. Guardian Me­dia has sent a ques­tion to Per­sad-Bisses­sar and we are await­ing her re­sponse.