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Former representative Sheldon Cunningham
Dissatisfaction over the People’s National Movement’s (PNM’s) rejection of Sheldon Cunningham as its representative contributed significantly to the party losing the Mason Hall/Moriah/Providence seat in the January 25 THA election.
So claimed residents of the electoral district, which Cunningham had represented for the past seven years.
Speaking to Newsday Tobago on Wednesday, the residents said since being elected in 2013, Cunningham had distinguished himself as a representative for two consecutive terms.
But during the PNM’s screening of candidates for seat, in October, the party rejected him in favour of former secretary for infrastructure, quarries and the environment Kwesi Des Vignes.
Des Vignes defends PNM over zipline
PNM Mason Hall/Moriah/Providence candidate Kwesi Des Vignes - David Reid
PNM Mason Hall/Moriah/Providence candidate Kwesi Des Vignes says no THA politician has ever been accused of corruption during the party’s 20-year reign in the assembly.
During a Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) political meeting, last week Sunday in Scarborough, the party’s deputy political leader Farley Augustine produced a copy of a management letter from the Auditor General s Department to the THA for the period ended September 2016.
The letter, he said, highlighted financial discrepancies in several aspects of the THA’s operations, including its planned purchase of a zipline for the Main Ridge Forest Reserve.
David-Celestine promises people-centred leadership in THA election
Sunday 3 January 2021
PNM Tobago Council political leader Tracy Davidson-Celestine during a press conference at Pumpmill, Scarborough on December 29, 2020. David-Celestine is contesting the Lambeau/Signal Hill seat in the THA election on January 25. PHOTO BY DAVID REID
The People’s National Movement’s (PNM’s) Tobago Council will kick-start its campaign on Monday to retain control of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) in the January 25 election.
Prospective candidates are expected to file their nomination papers between 9 am and 4 pm at three venues throughout the island: Calder Hall, Glen Road and John Dial community centres.