Beckles congratulates TPP on THA victory

Op­po­si­tion Leader and Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment po­lit­i­cal leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les last night con­grat­u­lat­ed the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty on se­cur­ing a sec­ond con­sec­u­tive term in of­fice fol­low­ing the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly elec­tions.

In a so­cial me­dia post, Beck­les said, “Tonight’s To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly elec­tions have re­turned the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty to of­fice for a sec­ond con­sec­u­tive term.”

She con­grat­u­lat­ed Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Chavez Au­gus­tine and those elect­ed, and re­flect­ed on vot­er par­tic­i­pa­tion in the polls. “On this oc­ca­sion, the low vot­er turnout speaks to the lev­el of pub­lic sat­is­fac­tion,” she said. “The PNM un­der­stands the ne­ces­si­ty of re­flec­tion as we work to­ward re­build­ing our par­ty and re­gain­ing the trust and con­fi­dence of the peo­ple.”

Beck­les thanked PNM sup­port­ers in To­ba­go and ac­knowl­edged the par­ty’s can­di­dates and cam­paign team. “I thank all who sup­port­ed the Move­ment in To­ba­go, and I com­mend our fif­teen stan­dard-bear­ers who of­fered them­selves to ser­vice,” she said. “To the PNM To­ba­go Is­land Coun­cil and the cam­paign team who sup­port­ed this jour­ney, I ex­tend my thanks.”

She al­so recog­nised An­cil Den­nis for his con­tri­bu­tion to the par­ty and to To­ba­go. “I wish to thank Mr. An­cil Den­nis for his ser­vice, lead­er­ship, ded­i­ca­tion, and con­tin­ued com­mit­ment to the peo­ple of To­ba­go and the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment pri­or to and dur­ing this elec­tion cam­paign,” Beck­les said.

She of­fered best wish­es to the in­com­ing as­sem­bly and reaf­firmed the par­ty’s na­tion­al out­look. “I of­fer best wish­es to the in­com­ing To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly, as its suc­cess is ul­ti­mate­ly tied to To­ba­go’s progress,” she said. “The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment re­mains com­mit­ted to con­struc­tive en­gage­ment, na­tion­al uni­ty, and the pur­suit of a stronger and more unit­ed Trinidad and To­ba­go. We will re­group and re­turn stronger and bet­ter ready to serve the peo­ple of To­ba­go, and of Trinidad and To­ba­go.”