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The Patriotic Front led by political leader Mickela Panday will be contesting the Tobago East and West seats for the upcoming 2025 general elections. This as the party revealed its first batch of candidates inclusive of Aretha Paula Clarke for Tobago West. Reporter Elizabeth Williams spoke with Ms. Panday .
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00:00What do you think is lacking right now in Tobago, east and west, that the Patriotic Front can address?
00:07Well, Tobago seems to not have been progressing very much and they just need to be on the ground and speak to the people.
00:14And they feel themselves not much is happening. They don't feel that their lives have been improved.
00:20That is the purpose of politics, first and foremost.
00:23The cost of living is definitely affecting the people of Tobago
00:28because if you are on the ground, as we have been,
00:31many people have to have two and three jobs to just be able to make ends meet.
00:37The list of candidates include
00:59Kumuto Manzanilla, Elizabeth Wharton, Togo Sandigrandi.
01:03Ms. Pandey said more work needs to be done in Tobago.
01:07On a personal and individual citizen to party level, there is much that can be done that is not being done.
01:15And then, of course, on the economic level, it still bewilders me
01:22why Tobago is not the top tourist destination in the Caribbean.
01:28Issues like the environment, I've heard raised many, many times, yet nothing has actually been done about it.
01:37Pandey said the Tobago east seat would be revealed soon.
01:42We are seeing a lot more people dying from heart failure and strokes.
01:49And believe it or not, there are a lot of amputations because diabetes has increased,
01:53because people aren't able to feed themselves and eat in a healthy way.
01:58So there are a number of things going on there that needs addressing urgently.
02:02And the Patriotic Fund can do that through Ms. Aretha Clark and, of course,
02:08the other candidates which we are screening and will be announced.
02:12She said the time for real leadership is now.
02:15Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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