The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) is con­fi­dent it will be able to make an im­prove­ment at the polls in the Au­gust 10 gen­er­al elec­tion.

The Elec­tion and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) has re­quest­ed the pres­ence of more po­lice of­fi­cers than usu­al for the Au­gust 10 gen­er­al elec­tion, to help en­force so­cial dis­tanc­ing guide­lines.

At­tor­ney Gen­er­al and Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for San Fer­nan­do West Faris Al-Rawi yes­ter­day rub­bished sug­ges­tions that the hous­ing de­vel­op­ment at Bayshore, Mara­bel­la, set to be­gin in short or­der, is an elec­tion gim­mick.

The Pro­gres­sive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Pa­tri­ots(PDP)has in­vit­ed three To­ba­go po­lit­i­cal par­ties, ex­clud­ing the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), to dis­cuss the Au­gust 10 gen­er­al elec­tion.

An­oth­er po­lit­i­cal par­ty is eye­ing the mar­gin­al con­stituen­cy of San Fer­nan­do West mak­ing it a five-way race for that seat so far.

Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has ac­cused Op­po­si­tion leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of mak­ing dan­ger­ous and un­found­ed claims against the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) and the Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) con­cern­ing for­eign na­tion­als’ abil­i­ty to re­turn home to vote in the Au­gust 20 Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley will tonight launch his cam­paign for the Diego Mar­tin West seat which he holds.

And even be­fore he lands to­day, Bar­ry Padarath came out swing­ing at the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment Gov­ern­ment on how they’ve han­dled the is­sue of strand­ed na­tion­als abroad.

The UNC’s Can­di­date for Ca­roni Cen­tral, Arnold Ram, says wa­ter woes are just one of the ma­jor is­sues that have been plagu­ing the peo­ple of Freeport—and Ca­roni Cen­tral—for the past five years.

Res­i­dents of Or­ange Val­ley staged a protest demon­stra­tion on Fri­day, call­ing on Kam­la Per­sad- Bisses­sar, po­lit­i­cal leader of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), to re­in­stat­ed Ra­mona Ram­di­al as the par­ty’s can­di­date for Cou­va North.

The UNC’s can­di­date for the Ch­agua­nas West seat strong­ly be­lieves that in­ter­na­tion­al ob­servers should be called in for the Au­gust 10th Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) Pub­lic Re­la­tions Of­fi­cer, PRO, Ani­ta Haynes has la­belled Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley “a bul­ly” who has to beg To­ba­go for for­give­ness.