The 2020 General Election Thread (AUGUST 10TH)

[Dizzy28]

I will never doubt his following. Right or wrong reasons he has his ppl.

Very easy to gather the bamboo votes...unc could actually loss this seat due to a split. Inshan would be a capital cnut after

I like to use 2007 as a barometer.
If UNC win the St Auustine even though COP (Dookeran) got nearly 7,000 votes I doubt Inshan going to make a difference

[The_Honourable]

Rowley warns Tobago: No forgiveness if Duke wins


NO WAY JOSÉ: Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley who on Monday ruled out any possibility of a coalition with Watson Duke, should the PDP win a seat in the general election.

PEOPLE'S National Movement (PNM) political leader and Prime Minister Dr Rowley declared he would not forgive Tobagonians if they elected Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) political leader Watson Duke to Parliament.

Duke, the Tobago House of Assembly Minority Leader, is contesting the Tobago East seat against PNM incumbent Ayanna Webster-Roy in the August 10 general election.

In a tone reminiscent of the "stand alone" stance taken by his predecessor Patrick Manning, about the PNM and coalitions, Rowley on Monday bluntly rejected the idea that the party would ever join forces with the PDP, even to keep the party in government.

He declared, "Watson Duke is on a criminal charge and should not be offering himself for Parliament." Duke was charged with sexual offences and sedition last September. He was cleared of the sedition charge in January.

Over the weekend, Duke said in a Facebook video, "We are prepared to have a coalition, we are prepared to work with any political organisation..."

Rowley continued, "This is not a joke and should not be treated as being of no consequence." He declared, "Additionally, if the people of Tobago elect to Parliament a person who is on a criminal charge, I will personally not give them a pass on that!"

Rowley said he and the PNM "will take the same principled position we took with our own PNM MP, the incumbent for Port of Spain South (Marlene McDonald) who had to give way until the law has taken its full course." McDonald is before the court on charges of conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and misbehaviour in public office.

Rowley removed her as public administration minister and PNM deputy leader after she was charged last August. McDonald, who said she will be vindicated, was not screened for the Port of Spain South seat for the general election.

After a dual citizenship issue arose with former four-time Olympic shot-put athlete Cleopatra Borel, attorney Keith Scotland was selected as the PNM's Port of Spain South candidate.

Before McDonald, Rowley said the PNM had the experience of Franklin Khan and Eric Williams, who had similar difficulties. In 2005, PNM councillor Dansam Dhansook withdrew his allegation that he paid bribes for a seismic survey to Khan and Williams between 2001 and 2003.

When the allegations were made against them, Khan and Williams resigned as ministers in the Manning Cabinet and vowed to clear their names. Rowley said on Monday, "We of the PNM consistently subscribe to the principles of our jurisprudence in all instances that a person is innocent until proven guilty."

He continued, "But even so, upon being charged, some doors ought to become closed to you, until that innocence is proven." After saying Parliament's doors are one such set, Rowley said, "We will not lower our standards nor will we abandon our principles to meet the personal ambitions of Watson Duke and his handful of supporters."

He declared, "Even if I was minded to ease up Watson Duke, and I am not so inclined, the PNM's Women's League will have none of it. Where a man on a criminal charge is required to put us into government, we will decline that offer."

Rowley said the PNM is confident "the vast majority of the electors of Tobago are decent, right-thinking, proud citizens who will use their franchise to preserve our committed standards, therefore no such situation will arise.

"We of the PNM are always held to a higher standard and will not let our country down when called to stand upon principle."

He said this national conversation should be had in full public view. "No sacred cows in this national pasture."
PNM general secretary Foster Cummings also ruled out any coalition between the PNM and PDP, saying, "We are very confident that we will win both Tobago seats."

Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/07/rowley ... duke-wins/

[maj. tom]

lol the PM threatening voters in Tobago if they vote for a different candidate.
But as we have all seen with the ferry issue, Rowley could go on some of them bed and take a sheit and they would sleep in it and still vote PNM. No threat was ever needed Mr. PM.

[zoom rader]

lol the PM threatening voters in Tobago if they vote for a different candidate.
But as we have all seen with the ferry issue, Rowley could go on some of them bed and take a sheit and they would sleep in it and still vote PNM. No threat was ever needed Mr. PM.

Massa done talk.

Remember it was Africans that owned Slaves in TT

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Shitlickers frighten...A tobagonian PM who did nothing for Tobago and yuh threatening them....well yes

[Rovin]

rowdy practically crippled & killed businesses in Tobago but still talking out he asss .... i hope tobagonians remember dat when they go to vote though when it comes to politics ppl does have amnesia

[zoom rader]

rowdy practically crippled & killed businesses in Tobago but still talking out he asss .... i hope tobagonians remember dat when they go to vote though when it comes to politics ppl does have amnesia

Business hotel owners got their money so they don't care

[Redman]

Why would a politicians forgiveness be relevant?

Who working for who here?

[rspann]

Why would a politicians forgiveness be relevant?

Who working for who here?

Worse than that is the fact that THEY think it's relevant .

[Rovin]

if this was any other sensible country , based jes on that 1 issue\d ferry , u wud logically think tobagonians wuda never give pee nm a single vote

but we all know what to expect ... pee nm til we dead doh study eet ..... battered wife syndrome

[rebound]

But admit it. PNM supporters are highly loyal to their party. No threat, buff or insult would change their mind at all.

[MaxPower]

Cant wait to cast my vote for the Red Palulu.

[Rovin]

But admit it. PNM supporters are highly loyal to their party. No threat, buff or insult would change their mind at all.

fully agreed

d pm cud tell them hymc & they still love their side ...

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

Why would a politicians forgiveness be relevant?

Who working for who here?

That's a pretty striking comment by the PM in all honesty and it is a direct THREAT.

Very disappointed in Dr Rowley here for this statement, I expect better than that from a man like him, although I like his honesty I will admit, but his "forgiveness" is meaningless in the face of a democratic society and who the electorate chooses. He is supposed to be working for us since we hired him and pay his salary with our tax dollars, it's funny that Rowley once said that himself but like he forget.

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

I putting up a PNM Flag on my house roof and I replacing the baliser with a ganja leaf since weed is the only good thing PNM do that I could think of.

[Redman]

Why would a politicians forgiveness be relevant?

Who working for who here?

Worse than that is the fact that THEY think it's relevant .

It on the front page....it must be relevant...

[j.o.e]

But admit it. PNM supporters are highly loyal to their party. No threat, buff or insult would change their mind at all.

Same for UNC let’s be fair. Same way UNC have NO chance in certain areas ....PNM has zero chance in certain areas *shrug*

[88sins]

" OUTGOING Laventille West MP Fitzgerald Hinds said a growing "army" of idle young men in East Port of Spain poses a danger to TT .. "

https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/05/hinds- ... ger-to-tt/

So Hinds blame everybody else for his people downfall ?

How do you solve Hinds people problem ?

dem ain't his people bruh. hinds cares solely about hinds & the pnm elite. everyone everywhere else is peons & cannon fodder

[zoom rader]

But admit it. PNM supporters are highly loyal to their party. No threat, buff or insult would change their mind at all.

Same for UNC let’s be fair. Same way UNC have NO chance in certain areas ....PNM has zero chance in certain areas *shrug*

Total Bullchit,

When it comes time to split votes the votes come from former UNC ppl.

PNM votes remain the same .

[j.o.e]

But admit it. PNM supporters are highly loyal to their party. No threat, buff or insult would change their mind at all.

Same for UNC let’s be fair. Same way UNC have NO chance in certain areas ....PNM has zero chance in certain areas *shrug*

Total Bullchit,

When it comes time to split votes the votes come from former UNC ppl.

PNM votes remain the same .

That’s only because the split vote party is normally a splinter of the UNC itself.

[zoom rader]

But admit it. PNM supporters are highly loyal to their party. No threat, buff or insult would change their mind at all.

Same for UNC let’s be fair. Same way UNC have NO chance in certain areas ....PNM has zero chance in certain areas *shrug*

Total Bullchit,

When it comes time to split votes the votes come from former UNC ppl.

PNM votes remain the same .

That’s only because the split vote party is normally a splinter of the UNC itself.

PNM race vote is deeper

An indo will quicker vote for an Afro than an Afro voting for an indo.

That's a fact

[Cantmis]

I thought he like young men?

[shake d livin wake d dead]

It have an election thread

[rspann]

Dotishee , open a new thread for every party nah. Or better yet , for every candidate .

[rspann]

I thought he like young men?

Who ? RedVIKITUKS ?

[paid_influencer]

The Congress of the People (COP) has issued a list of candidates contesting the 2020 General Elections under the party’s banner.

In a news release issued this morning by General Secretary, Gerald Cruickshank, the party reports that screening has been completed for several constituencies, and lists the candidates approved to fight those seats.

The COP’s approved candidates, thus far, for the upcoming General Election, include:

• Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan (Political Leader) – St. Augustine

• Lonsdale Williams – Diego Martin North East

• Kurt Sinnette – Laventille West

• Anthony De Four – Port of Spain North/St. Ann’s West

Trinidad and Tobago goes to the polls on Monday 10th August 2020.

St. Augustine going to be a political war zone this year

[zoom rader]

The Congress of the People (COP) has issued a list of candidates contesting the 2020 General Elections under the party’s banner.

In a news release issued this morning by General Secretary, Gerald Cruickshank, the party reports that screening has been completed for several constituencies, and lists the candidates approved to fight those seats.

The COP’s approved candidates, thus far, for the upcoming General Election, include:

• Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan (Political Leader) – St. Augustine

• Lonsdale Williams – Diego Martin North East

• Kurt Sinnette – Laventille West

• Anthony De Four – Port of Spain North/St. Ann’s West

Trinidad and Tobago goes to the polls on Monday 10th August 2020.

St. Augustine going to be a political war zone this year

No PNM ppl not going jump ship to vote for any Injun i

PNM win by default

[zoom rader]

" OUTGOING Laventille West MP Fitzgerald Hinds said a growing "army" of idle young men in East Port of Spain poses a danger to TT .. "

https://newsday.co.tt/2020/07/05/hinds- ... ger-to-tt/

So Hinds blame everybody else for his people downfall ?

How do you solve Hinds people problem ?

dem ain't his people bruh. hinds cares solely about hinds & the pnm elite. everyone everywhere else is peons & cannon fodder

Well know Elite is well taken care at the expense of ghetto PNM ppl .

[Rovin]

when some tuners sheet up OP u doh even hadda wonder why ....

[Rovin]

how come some of these turd parties with all dey mouth seem to jes willy nilly picking random seats to contest , why they doh jes focus their wasted time on 1 area or constituencies located next to each other ...