YOUNG: DON'T GET IN PNM BUSINESS

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Acting Prime Minister Stuart Young says the PNM welcomes every creed and race ....but while projecting this inclusivity... he warns naysayers not to meddle in the party's business.   He underscored the PNM's stance at the party's Divali celebrations last evening at Balisier House.   Rynessa Cutting reports.

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00:00The People's National Movement has continued to fulfill the wish and the desire of Dr.

00:08Eric Williams under our current leader, Dr. Rowley, to ensure that our party protects

00:15Trinidad and Tobago and ensures that we recognize every creed, every race, every religious persuasion,

00:24every station of life, no matter where you come from, and that it is recognized right

00:30here at Balize House, our home, that we welcome everyone.

00:36At a time when the rumor mill is in full swing with respect to the future leadership of the

00:41People's National Movement, the rumored frontrunner and political anointee appeared to hit back

00:46at detractors who suggest that his race may be a deciding factor.

00:52I am proud to stand here tonight as a simple citizen of Trinidad and Tobago who has been

00:59blessed with the opportunity to serve the people, not only of this great party, but

01:04of our beloved Twin Islands state, and to say that we in the People's National Movement,

01:10without a shadow of a doubt and without fear of contradiction, will continue to protect

01:16Trinidad and Tobago and its development and its inclusivity.

01:21And I ask all of the members of our great party to work with us as we continue to do so.

01:27His comments come two weeks after the party announced its decision to postpone its internal

01:33election and annual convention, with no explanation given.

01:38So I say here tonight to all of the naysayers and to all of those who are trying to get

01:44involved in the PNM's business, you will not succeed.

01:49Prime Minister Young, who is acting as Prime Minister for the third time, was speaking

01:54at the party's Diwali celebrations last evening, where he used the theme of the occasion to

01:59issue the following call, ahead of the next general election.

02:05So my message to you is a simple one on this celebration of one of our religious festivities

02:11of our Hindu brothers and sisters, Diwali.

02:16Light must always overcome darkness and it will depend on all of us to decide who is

02:22going to manage Trinidad and Tobago in the next period.

02:27I'd like you to join with me as we say, great is the PNM, great is the PNM, great is the

02:35PNM and we shall and we must prevail.

02:38Renessa Cutting, TV6 News.

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