Shas­tri Boodan

For­mer Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) chair­man Jack Warn­er has plead­ed with the par­ty to name more can­di­dates for the up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tion.

He did so af­ter en­dors­ing Dr Glenn Ra­mad­hars­ingh, a for­mer min­is­ter un­der the Peo­ple’s Part­ner­ship, as a UNC can­di­date for Ca­roni Cen­tral. The two met for sev­er­al hours at the Cen­tre of Ex­cel­lence, Ma­coya, yes­ter­day.

“This is an elec­tion on­ly the UNC can make the UNC lose,” said Warn­er, who ex­pressed con­cern that the par­ty was not mov­ing as fast as it should when it comes to nam­ing the elec­tion can­di­dates

“I don’t think the can­di­dates are be­ing se­lect­ed as quick­ly as they should, so they can meet with their con­stituents, meet with their fi­nanciers. I think they need to get as much time as pos­si­ble be­cause mind you, the PNM are al­ready in of­fice, they are there, they have the Trea­sury,” he said.

“The UNC must be giv­en some kind of head start, as I have said be­fore, I don’t know what the strat­e­gy is, I am no longer in the bo­som of the UNC any­more, I wish I was.”

Warn­er said he knew had Ra­mad­hars­ingh was a hard work­er.

He was al­so crit­i­cal of the cur­rent State of Emer­gency (SoE), which he said is not ad­dress­ing is­sues with the crim­i­nal el­e­ment.

Ra­mad­hars­ingh said Warn­er’s en­dorse­ment was im­por­tant and he is ready to rep­re­sent the peo­ple.

He said count­less per­sons in Ca­roni Cen­tral have plead­ed with him to rep­re­sent them in Par­lia­ment.