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A fierce battle seems to be brewing within the party for the La Brea seat.



There is even the threat that some may withhold their vote on polling day. Juhel Browne is at Baliser House with the latest.
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00:00The fair's battle seems to be brewing within the party for the Libere seat.
00:04There is even the threat that some may withhold their vote on polling day.
00:09Jule Brown is at Balize House with the latest.
00:20We're trying to connect to Jule at Balize House to tell us the latest as it relates to Libere seat.
00:25Good evening. It's very quiet here right now outside of Balize House.
00:29As of course supporters, which you may be able to see and we will show you in a short while,
00:34are gathered here waiting of course on results of screenings for two constituencies
00:41that the PNM hopes to have prospective candidates for in the general election due this year.
00:47And we actually have one of the supporters of one of the...
00:51If I'm not mistaken I think that person has actually gone.
00:54Somebody who was here in support of one of the nominees for Libere, the constituency of Libere,
01:00that would have been Jermel Peer, the constituency chairman,
01:04who of course is going up against the tourism minister, Randall Mitchell, for that constituency.
01:11That constituency is one where the incumbent MP, Labour minister Stephen McClatchy,
01:16is not going back up to contest that seat.
01:19And of course now I think it may be just a matter of minutes.
01:23It seems I'm seeing some activity. You may not be able to see that right now.
01:26But behind the camera, I think the camera is able to give you a sense of what's going on right now.
01:30You can get a sense of expectation going on now as we are seeing some persons.
01:36Right now I think the nominee actually seems to be outside, Mr Peer, if I'm not mistaken,
01:42right now at Balize House. So there's some expectation going on now.
01:46Now I do believe we have a soundbite from the supporter we were hoping to speak with just now.
01:51And we'll be able to go to that now.
01:54If Mr Mitchell is selected ahead of Mr Peer, I could speak for myself and a lot of Jermel supporters.
02:02He will not get our vote. Because we are fed up. And that's what we are. We are fed up.
02:08And you were telling me why you don't think Mr Mitchell is suited to represent.
02:13Yes, because he failed as an MP in a constituency before and was rejected by that constituency.
02:20What make you think that he would come in a constituency that he don't belong, that he have no ties for,
02:25that he don't live in? What make you think that he will support those people and be there and understand their needs?
02:32If in the constituency that you live, you did nothing, you did not represent your people well,
02:38would you go in a constituency that you don't belong, you don't live, to represent them way better than how you did before?
02:45No, that is not going to happen. So we are going to get probably years of failed representation.
02:52And that is going to be another five years.
02:54Is it a case of no peer, no vote?
02:56No peer, no vote. And that's it.
03:03As often happens at screening exercises like this, it could go from very quiet to some excitement at a moment's notice.
03:10Of course, as there are supporters here waiting to find out which of the two nominees the PNM is screening for,
03:17Labre will be selected by the party to contest that constituency in the general election due this year.
03:23The PNM's screening committee, chaired by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley,
03:27will also be conducting a screening exercise for Lavender East, Mova.
03:31And we understand there are five persons who will be going before the screening committee,
03:35one of which will be the prospective candidate for the PNM at the end of that exercise for that constituency.
03:42That's it here right now at Balize House.
03:45Of course, we will give you the latest, if not tonight, certainly in tomorrow night's newscast,
03:50maybe in the morning edition program, in terms of what the results may be here
03:54as the PNM is screening for prospective candidates for two constituencies this evening,
04:00Labre and Lavender East, Mova.
04:02Reporting from Balize House, Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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