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The internal elections of the Tobago People's Party was underway in Tobago today.
The post of political leader is not up for grabs as Chief Secretary Farley Augustine is the lone nominee.
In accordance with the TPP's constitution; following the election, the political leader will appoint two deputy political leaders.
Representatives from the Women's, Men's, and Youth Councils will also be appointed after these groups are officially constituted.
More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
Transcript
00:00The polls opened at 9 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. and ballots were counted from
00:07seven polling districts. Contesting the post of a chairman attorney Chrisling
00:12Moore, advisor in the Division of Education and Natasha Second and
00:16Infrastructure Secretary Trevor James. TV6 caught up with Chrisling Moore after
00:22she voted at the Dixieland Pan Tent on Sunday morning. What do you want to bring
00:27to the table that the TPP needs to know? So as I said before the chairman needs
00:33to take the party into the future. The chairman needs to make sure that there
00:38is a place at the table not only for the current crop of TPP members but we need
00:43to be prepared for when the party grows because the party will grow. Ms. Moore
00:48said the TPP must remain in a state of readiness. We also need to be prepared
00:55for future engagements. This is a political organization and there are
00:59some things that come with that and so the party must be ready for that and
01:03then those are some of the skills that I believe I have and I would be I would be
01:08pleased to bring to the table in this organization. Voters braved the
01:13inclement weather to cast their ballots. We spoke with another candidate for
01:18chairmanship of the TPP and Natasha Sarkand. We want to continue to flesh out our structure. So we want to have things like our youth council, women's council and so on
01:29immediately organized. Our action groups have already been put in place so we want to
01:35mobilize persons. We have planning to do strategic planning. We have outreach
01:41programs and we because we come from many different political organizations
01:45etc and some from nowhere we want to meet each other. We want to get together
01:50and want to gel as an organization and get ourselves ready for any elections.
01:54Elizabeth Williams TV6 News
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