UNIONS JOIN UNC RESCUE TEAM WITH TWO CANDIDATES

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The UNC will be represented in two PNM safe seats by two  trade unionists who say they have the formula to unseat the PNM in their turf. Clyde Elder and Ernesto Kesar were escorted to the UNC headquarters last evening to the Union chant of "solidarity forever".

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00:00OWTU Central Executive Member Ernesto Kizar and former General Secretary of the Communication

00:09Workers' Union Clyde Elder will go up under the UNC flag, hoping to cop the two PNM-held

00:15seats of Point 14 and La Brea, respectively.

00:19So you have one set of people attacking the workers and you have another group supporting

00:24the workers' agenda to ensure that workers, which all of us are, ensure a better day in

00:30this country.

00:31This country is in deep crisis and we are about joining the rescue team of the UNC to

00:36rescue this country from the deep crisis that we are in right now.

00:41President-General of the OWTU Ansel Roger escorted the men, integral persons in the

00:46Coalition of Interest, forged by the UNC last Friday, to the party's headquarters on Wednesday.

00:53It was agreed that to participate in the elections, we are not just going to stand idly by or

01:00on the side and give support, we are actively going to get involved.

01:04And we were invited for two candidates, one for La Brea and one for Point 14, and that

01:10is what we are doing here this evening.

01:12If lines were drawn between the trade union movement and the UNC in the past, Roger says

01:18hindsight now shows TNT was a better place before Dr. Rowley's BNM regime.

01:25We want to remedy Trinidad and Tobago and the only party that can do that, let's not

01:30fool ourselves into believing that some third party or some fraction party or some party

01:36that just came out of the woodworks, that they can do it.

01:39No, no, no.

01:40We respect the fact that the United National Congress is the official opposition and they

01:45now hold 19 seats.

01:48We intend to build on that to ensure that they get enough seats to get into parliament,

01:53to get into power so that we can give the workers and the people of this country what

01:57they deserve.

01:58For Elder, his candidacy is based on patriotism.

02:02This country needs saving from the morass in which we find ourselves.

02:06Now, is UNC a perfect party?

02:10By no means it is.

02:11But is UNC the best party to take this country into government and into progress?

02:17Yes, it is.

02:20And I make no apologies to anyone for being on a UNC ticket to fight for Labre, because

02:28Labre, for all of the wealth and resources that Labre has, a pitch lake, so much oil,

02:36and what does the people of Labre have to show for those resources?

02:40Not one damn thing from this BNM government.

02:42Nothing.

02:43Elder says he's certain he will make enemies for going under a UNC ticket, but he will

02:48do what it takes to rid the country of the PNM.

02:52And I want to talk to the PNM people now.

02:56The PNM that you knew from a long time, it is not the PNM that is in power today.

03:04So if you feel you must hold on to your party, because your party is what you love.

03:13Your party does not love you.

03:15For Kiza, the formula is quite simple.

03:18I've lived in Point Forte my entire life.

03:20This is not my first rodeo.

03:23What is the difference, you ask, ma'am?

03:26We are in tune with the polling divisions.

03:29We know where we need to focus on if we have to take this seat.

03:34Point Forte campaign, UNC campaign 2025 knows exactly what we have to do to take this seat

03:44away from the PNM.

03:46We know exactly what we have to do.

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