00:00My first order of business would be to reach out to my challenger and every candidate who had offered themselves
00:08for service.
00:10I think that's very important for rebuilding our party, for strengthening bonds, for repairing whatever damage was done during the
00:19election.
00:20You always have some sort of breakdown during internal elections, and we are one family, so we need to have
00:27those talks, those difficult talks, towards moving ahead, because we need all hands on deck to rebuild all people's national
00:34movement.
00:35Speaking outside the PNM Tobago Council office on Monday morning, the PNM Tobago Council political leader-elect, Shankfuck Jo Lewis,
00:43said she is pleased and humbled by her win and is ready for the week ahead.
00:48I feel pleased. I feel humbled. Humbled by the fact that so many persons have placed their confidence and their
01:00trust in me for such a Herculean task, and I feel committed and ready to get the job done.
01:08I know it wouldn't be a walk in the park. I know it's going to be very difficult work, and
01:12it requires serious commitment and discipline, and I am ready.
01:17She said with a 63% win at the polls, her win is won for the grassroots.
01:23I think this victory really belongs to the grassroots. As you know, I ran a people-centered grassroots campaign that
01:31really focuses on hearing what the ground has to say, what the real bona fide members have to say, what
01:37they want for their party.
01:39It was about knocking doors, calling persons, and really having the intimate conversations that I'm accustomed to having with them.
01:47I learned much of what I know from being a youth leader and then from being an MP. So in
01:55that same fashion, I just connect, listen, engage, show up for these people.
02:02Kajil Lewis said some things would be done differently under her leadership, and that includes the sanitization of the PNM
02:10membership list.
02:11There are some things I would do differently in my new role as political leader, and I think first and
02:17foremost, the business would be to sanitize and verify the membership list to make sure all the information is accurate
02:26and we have a smoother exercise the next time around.
02:31Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
02:32Kajil Lewis, TV6 News.
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