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Duke appeals to PNM: Make Augustine chief secretary
Tuesday 26 January 2021
PDP political leader Watson Duke, right, celebrates with deputy leader Farley Augustine in Roxborough on Monday night after the party tied the THA election 6-6. PHOTO BY DAVID REID -
Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) political leader Watson Duke is calling on the People s National Movement (PNM) to support PDP deputy leader Farley Augustine as the next Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly.
Speaking to supporters in Roxborough after his party tied the THA election 6-6 on Monday, Duke said the PDP would not support any PNM candidate for the post.
Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) candidate Zorisha Hackett
Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) candidate Zorisha Hackett is hoping to break the PNM stranglehold in Plymouth/Golden Lane in the January 25 THA election. The last non-PNM candidate to have won the Plymouth/ Golden Lane electoral district was Hochoy Charles in 2001 on a NAR ticket.
Hackett is an English teacher, mother of two and resident of the area. She is facing PNM’s Melissa James-Guy.
Hackett made her maiden speech to the constituents in within the area.
Although a political newcomer, she said serving people runs in her blood adding that she was inspired by the contributions of her grandfather, Bernard Romeo, more commonly known as King Bolt and Kiddie.
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Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) deputy political leader Farley Augustine has hit back at PNM candidate Kwesi DesVignes for claiming his living arrangements disqualify him from being a chief secretary.
Augustine recently revealed he still lives in his father s home, as he was denied a loan by a bank despite being an assemblyman and a former teacher. He said young professionals across the country are experiencing similar problems, which he planned to rectify.
But Des Vignes – PNM candidate for Providence/Mason Hall/Moriah – questioned Augustine s ability to manage Tobago s affairs.
He was speaking at a meeting on Wednesday in Milford Court Park, Bon Accord.