UNC SAYS THEY ARE CONFIDENT

The United National Congress says momentum is growing and people are sensing a victory for their party in the upcoming general election.

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00:00UNC candidate for Cuva South, Bari Pitaroff, is doubling down on his assertion that the

00:07PNM government, if re-elected, is intent on increasing water rates.

00:13We have said to you time and time again that the PNM is intent on raising water and electricity

00:22prices once or if, but we must not take God of our thoughts and put back the People's

00:29National Movement.

00:31Former Finance Minister, now Public Utilities Minister, Qom Imbert, however, at a business

00:36meeting on Wednesday, disputed any such notion.

00:41They have almost completed the process to increase the water rates.

00:48They have already received, the Regulated Industries Commission has received, the business

00:53model and the business plan from WASA.

00:56That has already been reviewed.

00:59The government has told the Regulated Industries Commission, wait, Dorothy, wait, wait, Dorothy,

01:07wait, because they're telling them, wait for after the election, because they do not want

01:12the political backlash.

01:14Meanwhile, Deputy Political Leader of the UNC, Dr. Rudal Munilal, warns against the

01:19re-branding of the PNM under Stuart Young's leadership as a new chapter.

01:24Give him a chance because he knew he now come, maybe he might do something good, Rauli gone.

01:33But that is hogwash.

01:35It is the same old, same old.

01:38You cannot have a new chapter in an old book.

01:43It is the same.

01:45Rauli has gone, but Rauli has remained in the person of Stuart Young.

01:50Today, the PNM is splitting apart.

01:53They are deflated because Stuart Young cannot lead them.

01:56The Oropuj East MP says people across the length and breadth of TNT are sensing a victory

02:02for the yellow party.

02:04Today, I was in Port of Spain meeting some folks there doing, conducting some business.

02:09And you know what they tell me?

02:10They say, I want to tell you something.

02:11In Port of Spain, which has historically been PNM, there is a momentum.

02:17The UNC is on a momentum, on an upward drive.

02:22We are riding a wave, and as Shakespeare said, there's a tide in the affairs of men.

02:28When taken at the flood, leads on to victory.

02:33On such a tide are we now afloat.

02:37And anywhere you go, even Port of Spain, people are saying the momentum is with the UNC.

02:43And this afternoon, General Secretary of the UNC, Peter Kanhai, announced the Congress

02:47of the People has joined the UNC's Coalition of Interests.

02:52Ravishi Tiwari, Rupner Rai, TV6 News.