YOUNG NOT LETTING GO OF GAS DEAL

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At the PNM's Big Red Rally, Prime Minister Stuart Young promised to fight for T&T's gas deals with Venezuela and warned of a possible currency devaluation.  In a surprise move, UNC defector Dinesh Rambally took the PNM stage for the first time.  Alicia Boucher has more.

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00:00Promises and short-term handouts amid a past of draining the Treasury.

00:04That's what Prime Minister George Young said the United National Congress is offering.

00:09He emphasized that under his leadership, the PNM is embarking on a bold new chapter.

00:14And while there have been major impediments in the Dragon and Mannequin Coquina Gas deals with Venezuela,

00:21Young isn't prepared to let go of the work that went into it.

00:25Vote the people's national movement back in.

00:28Vote me as your Prime Minister and I will fight.

00:32I will fight for that gas, for our future.

00:35I will fight like I've never fought before.

00:39According to Dr. Rowley, with 90,000 workers on the government's payroll,

00:44there is only one way to live up to the promise of a 10-15% wage increase,

00:49which at the highest end, he said, would cost the country $18 billion.

00:53The only way they could begin to think of doing that is to devalue the currency.

01:00Dr. Rowley challenged the UNC to address why their leader, Kamala Poussard Bisesa,

01:04had suggested this approach in Parliament.

01:07Why did you write it down in your document?

01:10You must come now and defend your policy for your anticipated program.

01:15Dr. Rowley reminded supporters that it was the UNC who promised to begin old-age pensions at 60,

01:23but deferred it once in office, citing financial constraints.

01:27Meanwhile, former UNC MP Dinesh Rambly, now aligned with the PNM,

01:32urged voters not to support divisive leadership.

01:35Rambly ended his contribution with this endorsement.

01:38I want to join you, and I want to join you in lifting that policy

01:44when we will all say, grant us the PNM, grant us the PNM, grant us the PNM,

01:52and we shall prevail.

01:54Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.

01:56Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.

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