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  • 9 months ago
At the UNC's Code Yellow Rally in Aranguez, Kamla Persad-Bissessar alluded to concerns about her health, and had a curious prescription for getting voters to the polls tomorrow.
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00:00The health of United National Congress leader Kamala Passat-Bissessa has been a topic of debate
00:05and at a UNC's Code Yellow rally in Aranguas, she decided to address it head on.
00:10I accept that my body may appear frail and small,
00:17but inside this body is the mind and heart of a mother that is filled with love.
00:24Passat-Bissessa also made this call to people who have been asking how they can contribute.
00:28I say again, do not go to work on election day.
00:33Go to work to get your vote out early.
00:37Take your car and your phone.
00:39Spend the day carrying voters to the polling stations.
00:43President of the Oilfield Workers Trade Union, Ansel Roge, took aim at the PNM government,
00:49accusing it of attacking collective bargaining and replacing permanent jobs with contract labor.
00:54We will not forget that. The loss of over 60,000 jobs.
01:00Labor issues were also echoed by Congress of the People leader Prakash Ramada.
01:04He said that the lack of jobs is forcing young talent out of the country.
01:09When I heard of a young doctor who is now selling gas in a gas station,
01:15he's a gas station attendant,
01:16and we taught them, go to school, do the best you can, succeed.
01:21And when the young professionals come out, there's no job for them.
01:24Leader of the Progressive Empowerment Party, Philip Alexander, said
01:28a lot of planning went into forming the Coalition of Interests,
01:31and he's optimistic about Monday's results.
01:34Kamla taken all 39 seats!
01:38Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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