00:00It's pandemonium at Balazet House as young attorney Kareem Masal gets the party hierarchy's
00:06nod to kick off his career in electoral politics in the Laventille West safe seat.
00:12It's a seat formerly held by party stalwart Fitzgerald Hines, who was bowed out of electoral
00:19politics.
00:20Party groups 19 and all have chosen Youngblood.
00:24And from the show of support at the party's headquarters, it would seem the seat will
00:28remain in the PNM's hands for decades to come.
00:32It has not been an easy road but we fought a good and clean and great fight and this
00:43story is not just about Kareem Masal, it's about every young person from East Port of
00:52Spain who dare to dream and dare to try to achieve their true potential no matter which
01:01community they come from.
01:02Masal is from Beetham Gardens, an area considered home to the Seventh Gang.
01:08And the constituency he has been called to serve is one in which several rival gangs
01:13occupy turf across its length and breadth.
01:17Could he be the bearer of peace?
01:19I would be a representative for all of Laventille West.
01:25No one part would be favoured.
01:27Every single one, every single community, every single person in every community and
01:33every part of our constituency would have my fullest support.
01:37And it is a testament of persons from all over East Port of Spain here tonight who,
01:44in a bit when we go back home and go back to their homes, may not be able to cross a
01:48border, cross a street, but here they are together, true of Laventille West, and my
01:52number one priority will be bringing back peace and love in East Port of Spain.
01:59Twelve other candidates were selected on Monday night, bringing to 32 the total number of
02:04candidates selected by the People's National Movement as they head off into the 2025 general
02:11election.
02:12The next batch of selection takes place on the 20th of December for the constituencies
02:18of Tobago East and West La Brea, and Adrian Leonce's Laventille East, Mova.
02:24For Vishy Tewari, Rupanarayan, TV6 News.
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