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National record relay holder Neil De Silva, the incoming councillor for Valencia West, promises burgesses that he will do everything the PNM did not do in the electoral district.


Urvashi Tiwari Roopnarine spoke with him on Wednesday.
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00:00 Retired athlete Neil De Silva brought one more home for his political party, the United
00:06 National Congress.
00:07 The retired male track and field athlete specialized in the 200 and 400 meters.
00:13 I do some personal training.
00:16 I do a little bit of track and field training.
00:19 I do my estate work.
00:22 I have an estate in the San Ignacio area.
00:25 All that from Valencia.
00:26 Yes, that's what I maintain myself to that.
00:30 He captured the Valencia West seat from the PNM's Kiva Isaac in Monday's local government
00:36 election.
00:37 De Silva says it's the PNM's shortcomings which gave him the edge.
00:42 The last couple of times I've done any road in places like Campanile, Plantation Road,
00:50 Pine Road, San Albans.
00:53 In these places, development is terrible.
00:57 A lot of potholes, garbage, huge garbage situation.
01:03 No drainage, no play facilities for the kids.
01:07 That's the one thing that made PNM very, very unpopular.
01:13 He tells us he supports the UNC's policy for sport, youth development, poverty eradication
01:20 and rural development.
01:22 De Silva's personal best time, over 400 metres, was 45.02 seconds, achieved during the 1996
01:31 Olympics.
01:32 He plans to take that same speed and resilience from the track to his new role as councillor.
01:39 This electoral district takes the UNC to a majority 6-2 split in the corporation compared
01:46 to 2019's 5-3.
01:49 Arvashi Tamari, Rubin Rai, TV6 News.
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