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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