The Opposition United National Congress believes Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has lost political legitimacy, following the PNM's 14-1 defeat in Tobago.
The party issued a media release on Wednesday.
Now that the Elections and Boundaries Commission has released its preliminary results in Tobago as a 14 to 1 Greenwash, we see that both of the islands of Trinidad and Tobago have rejected the PNM completely.
It is time for Dictator Keith Rowley to call an election to confirm his political illegitimacy.
The election results of Monday were a historic turning point in the political history of Trinidad and Tobago. It was brought about by Tobago's profound rejection of Keith Rowley's dictatorship, bullying, greed and incompetence.
Tobago voted 14-1 against PNM's corruption.
Tobago voted 14-1 against PNM's nepotism.
Tobago voted 14-1 against PNM's state capture with 65% Tobagonian employed in the PNM controlled THA.
Tobago voted 14-1 against PNM's destruction of the private sector.
Tobago voted 14-1 against PNM's lack of opportunities for young people.
This raises questions about the legitimacy of the two PNM MPs in Parliament, particularly after Shamfa Cudjoe’s disrespectful tantrum shouting that nobody lived in the rural countryside of Tobago. These MPs clearly have now lost any legitimacy that they may have once had.
The PNM spent millions of taxpayer dollars trying to bribe Tobagonian voters, while Trinidad media houses – who did not even properly cover the issues in the THA elections – made millions of easy dollars in political ads. Yet Tobagonians rejected them completely. Even Rowley's own home constituency of Mason Hall politically ran him out.
It is notable that the only seat that the PNM won in Tobago was one of the new ones carved out by the EBC. This raises several questions about Rowley’s political interference, added on to many others, that the EBC still needs to answer.
We ask further: If Keith Rowley cannot win in Tobago, what use is he to the PNM? Imagine that under its first Tobagonian leader, the PNM lost its 20-year hold on Tobago. That points to the deep disdain and disapproval that the people of both Trinidad and Tobago have of Prime Minister Keith Rowley.
Keith Rowley must step down now as political leader of the PNM, as we are aware that many in the party are calling for. Rowley must also step down as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and call fresh elections.
The dramatic manner in which the PNM was taken down in Tobago is a complete repudiation of the PNM policy and mode of governance. The same problems plague Trinidad.
The PNM are a minority party and nobody wants them here.