The *Official* LOCAL Election Thread (2013)

[sonygoup]

Ian is the by-election, not the LGE.

Lol oh sheit my bad ifeelin shaE i forgot that :covers face:

[sonygoup]

Ian shouldnt get that pst tho

[saxman642]

This idiot gets himself needlessly lock-up for anti-jack protests outside a polling station:

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Sam ... 08891.html

Samad arrested for anti-Jack protest
By Rickie Ramdass rickie.ramdass@trinidadexpress.com

Story Created: Oct 21, 2013 at 10:21 PM ECT

Story Updated: Oct 21, 2013 at 10:21 PM ECT

SOCIAL activist Ishmael Samad was arrested yesterday morning during a one-man protest, minutes after casting his vote at a polling station in St Clair, Port of Spain.

Samad, after casting his ballot around 10.30 a.m., took to the pavement outside the polling station with placard in hand “and started chanting”, said police.

Officers said Samad was urging voters to not support Jack Warner and his political party, the Independent Liberal Party (ILP), during yesterday’s local government elections.

He was arrested by officers led by Snr Supt Pustam, ASP Ajith Persad and Insp Powder.

Samad was later charged by PC McKain of St Clair Police Station and remained in custody at the station up to yesterday evening.

Officers said Samad was charged with dissuading persons from casting their ballot for a particular political party.

The charge falls under the Representation of the People Act.

He is to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate this morning, said police.

[UML]

FS: "Lime" Green Building on Mulchan Seuchan Road & Hummer





but wait nah police behind a moving vehicle with ppl hanging out of it???!!!

but wait the police hanging out too!!!


PRICE: Jack Warner Deposit

[Team Loco]

I will be sorry to see navi muradali go. I hope the new mayor continue the dinesafe initiative

[Habit7]

Kamla livid speech now on CNC3

"Tunapuna, HOME!"

"We win all our seats in San Juan!"

"We have not lost!"

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Kamla head was bad,ded...watched until 12 and said fcuk it...I know Grande loss to PNM but any1 have a break down of the 8 corporation for the region.UNC or ILP win anything in Grande at all?

[rfari]

Dem feels strong doh.

Ah man realise that he forged cv cyar go far in pnm country.
LF: Used ordi a5. Preferably owned by a pp sheep

[AllTrac]

anyone have a link for de vid?

[16 cycles]

ROWLEY REIGNS
PNM wins local govt elections; UNC holds on to base
By Ria Taitt Political Editor

Story Created: Oct 22, 2013 at 1:49 AM ECT

Story Updated: Oct 22, 2013 at 1:49 AM ECT

People’s National Movement (PNM) supporters returned home yesterday, taking the party from overwhelming defeat in 2010 to resounding victory.

The party, which had held three out of 14 corporations, recaptured the major population centres and urban areas along the East-West Corridor.

This translated into absolute victory in eight out of the 14 corporations.

It had a clean sweep in four corporations where it won every single seat—Port of Spain Corporation (12), Arima (7), Diego Martin (10) and tentatively Point Fortin (4). It also won eight of the nine seats in San Fernando, 12 of the 13 seats in San Juan/Laventille; 10 of the 15 seats in Tunapuna/Piarco and five of the eight seats in Sangre Grande.

The United National Congress (UNC) supporters kept the faith and the party maintained its heartland.

The party, which had suffered severely in the recent Chaguanas by-election, breathed an enormous sigh of relief that it was not annihilated.

It won five of the 14 corporations.

The party appeared to convert defeat into victory as the mood was celebratory at Rienzi Complex and the Prime Minister seemed almost ecstatic as she announced that the party had won Penal/Debe, the Siparia “fortress”, Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo, Princes Town and Mayaro/Rio Claro.

Amidst loud clapping, she said: “I call on every citizen to rise, take a bow and feel proud”.

As a coalition, however, the People’s Partnership completely lost Diego Martin, Arima where it was completely evicted, along with San Fernando, Tunapuna/Piarco and Sangre Grande, all of which it had held in the last three years.

Chaguanas, which the People’s Partnership had controlled, was expected to change hands to the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) but the borough which was expected to be the jewel in Jack Warner’s crown, now hangs in the balance.

The UNC won three seats, the PNM three and the ILP two.

The ILP which had given the UNC a run for its money in the July 29 by-election, and which had won every single polling division in Chaguanas West just a few weeks ago, suffered a huge reversal of fortunes.

It garnered only two seats in Chaguanas, lost its base Felicity and nothing else in the rest of the country.

The ILP leader Warner however was bloodied but unbowed.

As a supporter shouted at the party’s headquarters in Chaguanas: “Don’t go back home (to the UNC) yuh know,” Warner replied: “Win, lose or draw, my home is here. In four months we have become the third political force”.

However the ILP received over 62,00 votes.

The UNC received 84,000.

The PNM received 116,000 votes, making it the winner in every respect.

The COP was completely vanquished.

The electorate punished the COP, in the same way that it seemed to have done the Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) in the Tobago House of Assembly elections, for having allowed itself to be smothered within the coalition and gave it no seats.

The COP, which fought within the coalition to be able to name candidates for six corporations, is no longer the “third force”.

That position has been assumed now by the ILP.

PNM leader Keith Rowley who emerged the big winner, having led the party to victory 12/0 in the THA in January and yesterday in the local government elections, said in his victory speech at Balisier House courtyard in Port of Spain: “We pulled up our flag and the PNM is here to stay, great is the PNM”.

“We planned our course, we stayed our course and we did not engage in the indecencies of the others... And all of Trinidad and Tobago have rejected the entreaties of indecency,” he declared.

Looking ahead at future elections, he added: “It doesn’t matter who we are up against... The PNM expects to come out with a victory”.

He praised the young people who participated in the PNM’s campaign.

He pointed out that significantly the PNM now has a councillor in every corporation except the Penal/Debe Corporation. Suggesting that it was a hint of things to come, he said the party won the St Joseph/Valsayn seat in the local government elections.

The St Joseph by-election is just 13 days away.

In some areas the “split phenomenon” helped the PNM, but in others it made no difference.

The voter turnout was 26 per cent yesterday. In the last local government election it was 40 per cent. In that election the People’s Partnership got a total of 250,000 votes and the PNM received 121,000 votes.



PNM: 8

UNC: 5

ILP: 0

COP: 0

Chaguanas hung

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/ROW ... 21661.html

[Pointman-IA]

I wonder if Prakkie realised what happened within the last 24 hours. Hmm.

Cabinet Reshuffle?

[Habit7]

[rfari]

Growley be that niqqa

[shake d livin wake d dead]

next stop st.joseph

[acesinghit]

the PNM will continue to win if the anti-PNM continue to split up like boil chana. More people are against the PNM than for the PNM.

Now that COP, NJAC, TOP, MSJ and NNV are non entities, the UNC must unite with the ILP but under new management. The PM and Cabal must resign and with this new force, the PNM will be crushed for good.

Now, the PP is still in control and the ILP is now where the COP was. It does not necessarily equate to celebration for any PNMite since the UNC still in control.

For 43 years the PNM rule this country, 30 which was during the critical formative period that would determine the country's direction for us today. They failed us and wasted hundreds of billions. The UNC only has 9 years of Gov't experience and look what they did so far. I say cut them some slack and let them finish this term and then we'll judge them in May 2015. Hopefully by then all opposing elements would join as 1 and remove the old heads who continue to divide us.

[Habit7]

I think it misdiagnosis to think that every ILP vote was a potential PP vote. An ILP vote is also a rejection of PP in general and UNC in particular.

The PNM may have failed you but they have significantly grown the economy not just by windfall, but by economic planning to place us in the position of windfall (floating of the dollar, switch to gas based economy, methanol investment,etc.) The PP has not put forward any scintilla of an idea of how it could repeat similar performances but only has positioned itself to borrow and spend until the next administration which it might not comprise.

I respect an anti-PNM sentiment but sadly, there currently is no better alternative to the PNM.

[sMASH]

I wonder if Prakkie realised what happened within the last 24 hours. Hmm.

Cabinet Reshuffle?

I don't think that they do.

[shake d livin wake d dead]

sewage,conilal and anand hada ride out before ILP join the PP

[Greypatch]

I tort hindoos supposed to refrain from alcohol in the leadup to divali???

what is a hindoo ?

[pioneer]

PNM takin St Joseph

[zoom rader]

I think it misdiagnosis to think that every ILP vote was a potential PP vote. An ILP vote is also a rejection of PP in general and UNC in particular.

The PNM may have failed you but they have significantly grown the economy not just by windfall, but by economic planning to place us in the position of windfall (floating of the dollar, switch to gas based economy, methanol investment,etc.) The PP has not put forward any scintilla of an idea of how it could repeat similar performances but only has positioned itself to borrow and spend until the next administration which it might not comprise.

I respect an anti-PNM sentiment but sadly, there currently is no better alternative to the PNM.

Total nonsense, the pnm only survives on the windfalls from oil and taxes from the
private sector. Its the private sector that keeps this country afloat.
When ever pnm in power they spend out the money and leave the nation worst off, its the incoming governments that has to take the brunt to bring the economy back.
Pnm has no idea how to manage money and they have proven this time after time.
You can spin all you like but history has shown a different light on pnm incompetence.

[j.o.e]

https://www.facebook.com/kemlerplz

new official page of PM?

[zoom rader]

PNM takin St Joseph

Well the standard of living in that community will drop. Too bad for them.

[kjaglal76]

rowley is smoke?

i hope the PPG starve those corporations of funds for spite

[Habit7]

son, the cigar is unlit


ZR normally I would easily refute what you are saying but I know you are hurting, it's ok.

[zoom rader]

rowley is smoke?

i hope the PPG starve those corporations of funds for spite

Staving of funds having nothing to do with it. Pnm cannot handle money, they can have all the money given to them and still nothing gets done on budget and on time.

[pioneer]

Anybody hear from anand?...ent he was cyakin all de time?

[AllTrac]

https://www.facebook.com/kemlerplz

new official page of PM?

as with anything attempted locally, usually stale and fail.

[zoom rader]

son, the cigar is unlit


ZR normally I would easily refute what you are saying but I know you are hurting, it's ok.

Hurting for what, I live San do east and they pnm since 1956 and it's a getto. Its the other ppl that will experience a drop in their standard of living.

Seems you have a job to try and refute every anti pnm statement.

[pioneer]

Eh, at least we have toilets and runnin water.

Dem gettos love eatin dirt and livin in chit.