Political leader of the National Transformation Alliance Gary Griffith says his headquarters moving from Port-of-Spain to St Joseph is aimed at getting closer to his intended constituents.
The NTA’s headquarters was located at the corner of Flament and Duke street, Port-of-Spain but was relocated to the corner of Mt Lambert and Eastern Main Road.
A “for rent” sign now hangs outside of the former headquarters in Port-of-Spain.
Griffith was selected as the NTA’s candidate for the St Joseph constituency in March. He hopes to compete against Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, who is the present MP for the area.
The NTA’s new location is a stone’s throw away from Deyalsingh’s constituency office.
Asked if this was a deliberate ploy to taunt his political rival, Griffith said no.
He added, “It is all about location, location, location.”
Griffith said he needs to be in the “heart of it” and be very visible so that the constituents can meet their representative with ease.
“If Terrence Deyalsingh decides to conveniently put his (office) down in the back where nobody could see him so he will have very little work to do, that is his style, and I will not get involved in that,” Griffith said.
Griffith, who in April first announced the intention to move the headquarters to St Joseph, said the media will be invited to tour the new headquarters next week.
The UNC has moved its headquarters twice in the last few years. In 2016 the party left its Rienzi Complex, Couva, home which it occupied since the 1990s.
After briefly occupying another property close to Rienzi Complex, the UNC relocated to the M Rampersad Building, San Fernando in 2021 before settling at its current location at Mulchan Seuchan Street.
The Balisier House, home of the PNM underwent a multi-million-dollar upgrade with the Opposition calling for transparency in the party's donor list.
With general election to be held in 2025, political parties have been in preparation mode.
On Saturday the PNM announced it would be accepting nominations of candidates for eight UNC-held constituencies namely: Mayaro, St Augustine, Chaguanas East, Fyzabad, Pointe-a-Pierre, Barataria/San Juan, Moruga/Tableland, and Caroni East.
A day later on Sunday, PNM political leader and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley urged supporters to “stand by and wait for the call because, in the middle of the night, the dawn may not be too far away … whenever they are ready, THA election, by-election, general election, we will beat them.”