00:00It's her first platform address on the hustings after the election date was announced.
00:06And Kamala Basard Basasa, the opposition leader, chooses as her weapon of choice the appeal
00:13of familiarity.
00:14I am the proud daughter of Rita Basard.
00:19She was a socially ostracized person coming from the lowest caste and classes.
00:28She was a garden worker.
00:30She was a housemaid.
00:32She was a shop cleaner.
00:34She was a roti seller.
00:35In fact, when I was going to school, they used to call me Roti Gill.
00:39But she made the best roti you could ever taste in all of Soparia.
00:43And it's this familiarity the UNC political leader says makes her more suited to lead
00:50the country into the next five years.
00:54I worked as a waitress in England to help pay for my schooling.
00:58And if I can understand the feelings of men and women who work long hours in the fast
01:04food outlets, in the casinos, in the restaurants, in stores, and the service industry to pay
01:13for their schooling or to take care of their families and their children.
01:18I understand that.
01:20This is why whenever I go to events, people tell you I'm always watching for the people
01:24in the kitchen.
01:25I'm not looking for the fellas who are serving the food.
01:28I see the people, they sweep the floors and I know what it is.
01:33I see them serving the meals, they pack the chairs, they clear the tables, they clean
01:38the washrooms.
01:39I see them.
01:41She says she identifies with the struggles of the regular citizen.
01:46She taught me, don't crawl on your belly for anybody.
01:50Don't crawl on your belly for anyone.
01:55Tonight, tonight, I am letting the wicked bully know.
02:05All of us will let that bully know, that big, bad, big, bad bully, that the UNC is bigger
02:11and badder than any one of them.
02:14Mrs. Odbosasa dealt a low blow in the direction of her arch-rival.
02:19I didn't become the leader of this party and all the other positions because my father
02:25bought it for me, or because my father's reckoned, or because I bullied and blackmailed myself
02:33up to the top.
02:34No, no, no, no, no.
02:35I worked hard and I earned it.
02:38It was then she demanded that government pay the families of the deceased Paria Divas.
02:45You know what?
02:46I'll tell you what we'll do.
02:47We demand they pay it.
02:49I tell you, when we win, that will be one of the first things I will do.
02:54That will be one of the first things that I will do.
03:06And you have to make sure that happens.
03:08Among with other promises are home doctor visits to the elderly, extended opening hours
03:15at health centres, the reopening of the UWE Debe campus, and the removal of VAT from basic
03:21food items.
03:23The opposition leader unveiled 18 members of the Coalition of Interests slate, but promised
03:29to reveal the remaining 11 before nomination day, which is next Monday.
03:35Urvashi Tamari, Rupnarain, TV6 News.
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