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The Elections and Boundaries Commission is recommending the renaming of five constituencies in Trinidad in its 2024 Report.

The EBC is also recommending alternations to the boundaries of 16 boundaries in Trinidad.

And while the report has to be approved by Parliament, the EBC has made its recommendations ahead of the General Election due next year.

Juhel Browne reports.
Transcript
00:00 In the House of Representatives on Friday, an announcement by the Leader of the House, Camille Robinson-Ridges,
00:05 who is also the Minister of Housing and Urban Development,
00:08 with regard to a report on the boundaries of the nation's 41 constituencies.
00:14 Mr. Deputy Speaker, I have the honour to lay on the table the following paper,
00:18 listed on the Order Paper in the name of the Deputy Speaker.
00:23 Paper number 1, the Year 2024 Report of the Elections and Boundaries Commission
00:30 on the Review of Constituency Boundaries pursuant to Section 72 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
00:41 Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
00:43 In its report, the EBC is recommending that five constituencies be renamed in 2024,
00:49 as the next General Election is due in 2025.
00:53 The five constituencies identified are
00:55 Aruka Maloney is to be renamed Trinity Maloney,
00:59 Dabadie O'Meara is to be renamed Malaba Mausica,
01:02 Lopino Bonia West is to be renamed Aruka Lopino,
01:06 St. Joseph is to be renamed Aranguez St. Joseph,
01:10 and Pointer Peer is to be renamed Claxton Bay.
01:14 Pointer Peer is presently represented in the House of Representatives by the UNC.
01:18 Aruka Maloney, Dabadie O'Meara, Lopino Bonia West, and St. Joseph
01:22 are presently represented by the PNM in the House of Representatives.
01:27 During the UNC's cottage meeting on Monday night,
01:29 Opposition Leader Kamala Bissetta addressed the issue of the EBC's 2024 boundary report.
01:35 As she said in the past, UNC polling divisions, or PDs, were taken out of one particular constituency.
01:43 And then pulling the PNM PDs into St. Joseph, making St. Joseph now a true marginal.
01:49 It was a UNC seat because they shifted the boundaries.
01:53 So you see why that report is so important,
01:57 that in prepping, in even choosing candidates, I may choose a candidate today,
02:02 and then the boundaries have changed, and that is not a proper candidate for the screening committee to put in a seat.
02:08 So we need to see the report.
02:09 And the Elections and Boundaries Commission is recommending alterations to the boundaries of 16 constituencies in Trinidad
02:16 due to the proposed relocation of polling divisions.
02:19 The EBC's report is dated March 13, 2024.
02:23 The Opposition Leader said her query to the EBC had prompted the government to bring the report to Parliament on Friday, April 12.
02:30 The government has said it had not been forced to do so by the UNC.
02:35 The EBC's report cannot take effect until it is approved by Parliament.
02:40 Jule Brown, TV6 News.
02:43 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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