00:00It does not appear that the PDP led by Watson Duke will be fielding any candidates in the upcoming THA elections.
00:09Instead, Duke today announced his decision to support TPP leader Farley Augustine,
00:15throwing the PDP's weight behind the party now in control.
00:20Duke said this follows a phone call from Augustine.
00:23Farley and his executive were initially members of the Duke-led PDP,
00:28but parted ways and formed their own party after a falling out between Farley and Duke.
00:35Now, there seems to be a way forward.
00:38I want to let you know, as bad as Farley is, doesn't answer your phone sometimes,
00:44tell you one thing and one next thing sometimes, he's still family.
00:48And we have to stick together until we get it right.
00:53So I've said to him when he called me recently, I said, boy, look, I hear you.
00:58Let me sleep on it.
01:00I slept on it.
01:01I rode on it.
01:02I prayed on it.
01:03But I say you cannot abandon family under no circumstances.
01:08So I'm here to tell the public today that Farley has my support.
01:13Mr. Duke, pumped up and in a fiery mood, supported by Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Sean Nedd,
01:21and Deputy Political Leader Curtis Douglas, said this time around,
01:25the PNM must lose 50-0 as they have not placed Tobago first.
01:31We will mobilize the ground.
01:34We will put Tobago in our gear.
01:36Because the PNM must understand, for 21 years, they put Tobago second.
01:42And now the outer power, they want to tell us, put Tobago first.
01:45What Ole was doing for 21 years?
01:49We don't want Ole back there now.
01:51Stay out.
01:52We must give them a crushing defeat.
01:58And this time, we are going back for all 15 seats.
02:02Mr. Duke said the PNM would be beaten black and blue by the TPP supported by the PDP.
02:09But at the end of the day, Tobago is our interest.
02:15And we will be supporting him in this election.
02:18And I promise you all, when we hit the ground, we are bringing home 15 seats.
02:30Nothing for the former Prime Minister.
02:33Nothing.
02:37So all who are afraid, afraid now.
02:41We are going to beat them black and blue.
02:45Duke, however, sounded a warning to Mr. Augustine and to the police.
02:51Now we are going to hold Fari to a strict account.
02:55And we are going to hold him to truth.
02:58And I want to let Fari know something today.
03:01You see the extra money I get?
03:04We have to employ more people with that.
03:07Because there are plenty of young people who are not working.
03:10We are going to hold Fari know something.
03:11We are going to hold Fari know something.
03:12We are going to hold Fari know something.
03:13Yeah, man.
03:20And the city and police, all they have, some of them are playing idle.
03:24Some of them, not all of them.
03:27They want to harass the vendors.
03:29Men who try to create something for their family.
03:32Harassing them.
03:33Provoking them.
03:35Give the vendors a chance to mind their family.
03:37Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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