Opposition PNM wins local government elections in Trinidad

Opposition PNM wins local government elections in Trinidad

Published on October 22, 2013

People’s National Movement (PNM) Senator Fitzgerald Hinds celebrates with party supporters last night in Port of Spain. Photo: Micheal Bruce/Trinidad Express By Marcia Braveboy Caribbean News Now Senior Correspondent marcia@caribbeannewsnow.com Twitter: @mbraveboy PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad [UPDATE] — “We have won,” declared Keith Rowley, the political leader of the opposition People’s National Movement (PNM), as preliminary results in Monday’s local government elections in Trinidad showed the PNM emerging with 8 of the 14 corporations up for grabs. As predicted by the North American Caribbean Teachers Association (NACTA) poll, the PNM retained the three corporations it held in the 2010 election and picked up five more, giving it control of eight corporations so far.    The poll showed the opposition party having an edge going into the elections because of the split in votes by the newly formed Independent Liberal Party (ILP).The PNM is said to have won eight corporations including Diego Martin, Port of Spain, San Juan/Laventille, Tunapuna/Piarco, Arima, Sangre Grande and San Fernando. Rowley said the party did so well that it lost narrowly in Siparia; and polled high in Chaguanas, both United National Congress (UNC) strongholds. “The PNM is accustomed to being in adverse conditions but we do not stay there,” asserted Rowley in a news conference post his election victory   [Read more]