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Mickela Panday says that even though her party does not have "the kind of financing" that this country's two main political parties have, the Patriotic Front will be contesting the General Election on April 28th.

Juhel Browne spoke with Ms Panday on Wednesday to find out how many seats her party is contesting, which constituency she will contest, and if the Patriotic Front will be willing to work with other parties.
Transcript
00:00TV6 News spoke with Patriotic Front political leader Michela Pandey via telephone on Wednesday
00:06to find out if her party will be keeping its promise last year following the official announcement
00:12on Tuesday that the 2025 general election will take place in just over six weeks time
00:19on April 28th.
00:20We will be prepared to contest 41, as we said, and we learned, as we all should do, from
00:28previous mistakes, and I kind of understand the M.O. now, so we expected that something
00:36was going to come, not on that exact date, given that so much had happened, the Prime
00:42Minister resigned to simply put another Prime Minister to appoint another cabinet to then
00:48call an election, so I didn't think it was the 28th, but it has to come, it was this
00:54year, and we've been working feverishly for a long time.
00:58The Patriotic Front did not contest the 2020 general election, as Ms. Pandey then said
01:04her party could not have successfully campaigned 41 constituencies in three weeks.
01:11Almost five years later, Ms. Pandey made one comparison between her party, the PNM, and
01:17the UNC.
01:18We are a new party, so yes, it's a bit more work, we don't have the kind of financing
01:24that they do, so in different ways you're at a disadvantage, but I mean, we have strengths
01:31as well, and we are ready to go forward.
01:34TV6 News has sought an update from Ms. Pandey about her stated efforts to have dialogue
01:38with the leader of the UNC, opposition leader Kamala Prasad Bissessa.
01:43I've not been able to reach her, but you know, life goes on, time goes on, things change,
01:49and we move forward.
01:50The people we are speaking to are people who want change.
01:55However, Ms. Pandey told TV6 News while her party is willing to work with those who want
02:00real change, as she described it, she has a very specific requirement.
02:05I will not, however, sell my soul or my integrity or the party for anything, and what you have
02:15seen is political grasshopping of the most shameless degree.
02:24My purpose is, will this benefit the party, will it benefit the people of Trinidad and
02:30Tobago, or is it going to benefit other politicians?
02:34Ms. Pandey told TV6 News that the Patriotic Front has already selected 14 candidates and
02:39will name its remaining 27 general election candidates soon.
02:44That seat, constituency, will be contested on behalf of the Patriotic Front.
02:51It will be announced with the rest of them.
02:54Ms. Pandey said her party's manifesto will soon be launched, and she hopes voters will
02:59make their choice based on policy and quote, not race or blind loyalty, end quote.
03:06Jule Brown, TV6 News.
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