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Re: Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) land in Trinidad

Postby zoom rader » April 3rd, 2022, 6:44 pm

^^^^ Once Beetham goes then the red government will be the last.

All yuh keep studying UNC

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Re: Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) land in Trinidad

Postby hover11 » April 3rd, 2022, 6:50 pm

I say vote for change.....how long we gonna be choosing between the better of TWO failures. Give someone else a chance
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Postby The_Honourable » April 3rd, 2022, 7:17 pm

Duke starts campaign to test PDP love in Trinidad

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Progressive Democratic Patriots political leader Watson Duke at the party's Trinidad office on Second Street, Barataria on Friday.

Following the 14-1 victory in the Tobago House of Assembly December 6 elections, Progressive Democratic Patriots leader Watson Duke is gearing up to enter the Trinidad political arena.

One week before the official launch of the PDP Trinidad Council, Duke was seen on his Facebook live streams campaigning in Barataria, San Juan and Curepe with a handful of PDP supporters handing out party jerseys and greeting people.

The office is located on Second Street, Barataria. An official launch is scheduled for April 10.

In an interview with Sunday Newsday on Friday at the new office, Duke along with his deputy political leader for PDP Trinidad council Kezel Jackson said the goal is to contest every election, "once the people say they are ready."

He is confident of his chances in Trinidad because he believes the same way his six-year-old party ended PNM's 20-year reign in Tobago, there are no safe seats for the PNM and UNC in Trinidad.

"The PDP has a different form of doing people politics and that changes everything..."

The Deputy Chief Secretary of the THA said his decision to enter the political arena in Trinidad was inspired by a call for better governance.

He said he has completely cancelled out the possibility of forming an alliance with other political entities unless the party's supporters call for such a move.

Over the last five years, the former Public Services Association (PSA) president seemed to have moved away from the usual combative style of politics and has adopted a more personable approach.

Like his campaign in Tobago, his strategy will focus heavily on the man on the ground. “They are the ones that are most affected by any political decision because those are the ones who are most neglected now.”

Duke said is expects his opponents to use existing criminal charges, unresolved PSA issues and other accusations of corruption as distractions to interfere with his efforts to sway voters.

He told Sunday Newsday he has refocused his energy and will not be involved in mudslinging or drawn into any back and forth campaign talk with opponents.

Two weeks ago, Duke said he has plans to contest seats under the Port of Spain City Corporation for the pending local government elections this year.

But when asked if he has any identified candidates Duke said, "Elections is never seasonal, it's a lifestyle.

"It matters not which of the elections come first the people would dictate our readiness and it's at that point in time we would be ready. This is a different politics, we would not tell the people we are ready. Our politicking is simply getting involved to represent the people's interest."

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Progressive Democratic Patriots interim deputy political leader Kezel Jackson at the party's Trinidad office on Second Street, Barataria on Friday.

"They are ready for change that represents their thinking and way of life."

The party promises a clean campaign.

"We don’t want to be another exchange party, we want to be the change.”

Whether his party would contest in the upcoming local elections would depend on the public's response over the next few months of intense on the ground campaigning.

Still, he is certain the party would be ready to contest all 41 seats in the 2025 general elections. "We believe that the people of Tobago are safe under the PDP and they would not want to change that. So for the upcoming election, we believe they will support the PDP because of the level of support, progress and comfort they would have seen."

Duke believes PDP can bring the same level of progress and comfort to Trinidad. He said that while the positions of deputy chief secretary and political leader are seen as separate roles, the goals of each position are inextricably linked.

Jackson, the interim deputy political leader of the Trinidad Council, said now is the best time for PDP to enter Trinidad's political arena. "After the success of Tobago, Trinidad has been looking on and crying out. We are all aware of what's happening and the cries coming from the different sectors so we need change.”

In 2015, Duke's journey started as an independent candidate in the general elections of that year. Soon after he established the party and contested all 12 seats in the 2017 THA elections where he won two seats.

The party then went on to tie in a six-six deadlock with the PNM in the January 2021 THA elections.

The Election and Boundaries Commission later increased Tobago’s electoral districts from 12 to 15, under the direction of the Parliament, to reduce the likelihood of another tie.

In the December 6, 2021, THA elections, the PDP captured 14 seats to seize control of the assembly, ending two decades of PNM reign. Duke first announced plans to contest all elections in Trinidad during a live video last December, on his final day as PSA president.

Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2022/04/03/duke-s ... -trinidad/

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Re: Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) land in Trinidad

Postby goalpost » April 3rd, 2022, 8:08 pm

Yeah I go vote for dem.

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Postby agent007 » April 3rd, 2022, 8:28 pm

So...we have rowley as the incumbent, tanty kams as the leading opposition figure and now Duke to join Phillip and possibly Gary and Mikela fighting for the position of PM or to form a new government? Haven't these people learnt anything at all?

Divided opposing forces benefit no one except the PNM unless amongst themselves, they manage to conquer a Diego Martin, St Ann's or Laventille seat or two. That will change the dynamic and maybe pave the way for another coalition government. The next struggle in this hypothetical scenario is, who gets to be PM and therein lies the continued saga of crab in a barrel syndrome.

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Postby zoom rader » April 3rd, 2022, 9:15 pm

agent007 wrote:So...we have rowley as the incumbent, tanty kams as the leading opposition figure and now Duke to join Phillip and possibly Gary and Mikela fighting for the position of PM or to form a new government? Haven't these people learnt anything at all?

Divided opposing forces benefit no one except the PNM unless amongst themselves, they manage to conquer a Diego Martin, St Ann's or Laventille seat or two. That will change the dynamic and maybe pave the way for another coalition government. The next struggle in this hypothetical scenario is, who gets to be PM and therein lies the continued saga of crab in a barrel syndrome.
Red government still lost bago 2 seats, which holds the keys to government .

A coalition will formed.

Does not matter as long as the red government terror rule is over

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Postby The_Honourable » April 3rd, 2022, 9:27 pm

zoom rader wrote:
agent007 wrote:So...we have rowley as the incumbent, tanty kams as the leading opposition figure and now Duke to join Phillip and possibly Gary and Mikela fighting for the position of PM or to form a new government? Haven't these people learnt anything at all?

Divided opposing forces benefit no one except the PNM unless amongst themselves, they manage to conquer a Diego Martin, St Ann's or Laventille seat or two. That will change the dynamic and maybe pave the way for another coalition government. The next struggle in this hypothetical scenario is, who gets to be PM and therein lies the continued saga of crab in a barrel syndrome.
Red government still lost bago 2 seats, which holds the keys to government .

A coalition will formed.

Does not matter as long as the red government terror rule is over


I agree agent007, it benefits the PNM due to the fact that the indo vote usually gets split. The difference here is that the PDP can possibly split the afro vote as the NAR did back in 1986. Why you think Duke targeting the East-West corridor and the dress code is black? PNM for the first time in a long time may actually have to work or even fight for their "safe" seats. Doing the bare minimum and race baiting may not work.

I can see a coalition being formed but it's too early to speculate. Tobago is an important key and so far PDP doing ok four months in.

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Postby The_Honourable » April 10th, 2022, 11:50 am

Duke opens Barataria office today: Election fight is between PDP and PNM

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Deputy leader of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) Watson Duke will not partner with the United National Congress (UNC) to challenge the People's National Movement (PNM) in any of the Trinidad elections.

On Friday he said that the PDP will contest every election in Trinidad.

A confident Duke told the Sunday Guardian that the local government fight would be between "two winners"–the PNM and the PDP, which could leave the UNC as the third contender.

"Let's face it, there are two executives right now in the country, one is headed by the PNM in Trinidad and the other by the PDP in Tobago. The UNC does not feature there. They are the Opposition, they are not an executive, so it's really a case where a small Tobago executive led by the PDP is about to challenge the Trinidad executive led by the PNM," Duke said in a telephone interview on Friday.

"It is one executive against the next, the UNC does not feature," he said.

Duke said that the PDP "makes laws and has money to spend."

"We actually fix things, not the UNC, they do not feature in this," Duke said.

"This is a final countdown."

Duke is opening Trinidad's first PDP office in Barataria today.

The PDP won 14 of the 15 seats at January's Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections, causing a 20-year upset for the PNM. In the past week, Duke has posted updates to social media showing the state of the market and meeting with people on the streets of Port-of-Spain.

Historically, Trinidad politics have swung between two parties, a third party rarely makes a significant impact (See Prof Hamid Ghany on page 19). On Friday, Duke dismissed the UNC as the third party.

"We are preparing for everything right now, everything," he said about the upcoming elections constitutionally due at the end of the year.

During the THA elections, the PNM accused the PDP of being an arm of the UNC and doing their bidding in Tobago.

"Look at Tobago's results. Tobago results clearly show that such idiotic and crazy chants by the PNM resulted in their defeat. If that made any kinda sense, it would have made sense to the people of Tobago," Duke said.

Duke said that the PNM was served a "blackout" in Tobago.

"Let's see if that rhetoric works in Trinidad, let us see if it takes root in Trinidad where UNC would be challenged by the PDP," he said.

Griffith to establish a new political vehicle

Likewise, former commissioner of police Gary Griffith has signalled his intention to rejoin politics but he too is not looking to join an existing party.

"Plenty talk is going around. What is a fact is that this present Government has been escorted to the departure door due to poor leadership and dictatorship. It is not if, it is when and by how much," Griffith said.

"I have been engaged in numerous conversations with citizens throughout the country. Based on this, my direction has been made. It is not to join a present party but to establish a new political vehicle to transform our country," he said.

"I always believe that the reason for forming a political vehicle is to battle in any national election. Failure to do this makes you an activist group. We have enough of these. We need a political vehicle to ensure National Transformation. Tobago stood up and expressed its disappointment with the poor leadership and dictatorship they experienced. Trinidad is no different. There is no desire for bullies to dictate. Our citizens need leaders willing to serve. That can only be achieved via participating in elections," he said.

Alexander: PDP's entry into Trinidad politics is much too soon

Social media activist, Phillip Alexander also weighed in on the PDP's entry into local politics. Alexander had launched the Progressive Empowerment Party and contested the 2020 election but did not secure a seat.

"The entry of the PDP into Trinidad politics is much too soon," Alexander said.

He warned that Duke was not the "same person in Trinidad that he was in Tobago."

"I think he is taking a chain-up and he is risking losing Tobago by overplaying his hand in Trinidad. What the PDP won in Tobago is the equivalent to a constituency in a national election and to fight in an environment as hyper-political as Trinidad is, as racially divided as Trinidad is, Tobago is mono-cultural, Trinidad is not," Alexander said.

Guardian Media also contacted the leader of the Movement for Social Justice, David Abdulah but he said he was in a meeting and could not comment.

Guardian Media also reached out to the Congress of the People but there was no response.

PM Rowley: What does that have to do with me?

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is unbothered by the new political players.

The Prime Minister said that additional parties jumping into the political arena had nothing to do with him.

The Sunday Guardian asked the Prime Minister his thoughts on today's opening of a PDP office in Barataria and whether he was concerned about that and the fact that former political players like Vasant Bharath and Gary Griffith had also signalled their respective intentions to re-enter the political fray.

"What does that have to do with me? This is still a free country where there is freedom of association," the Prime Minister said.

Source: https://guardian.co.tt/news/duke-opens- ... 1527ea5dbc?

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Re: Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) land in Trinidad

Postby De Dragon » April 10th, 2022, 4:56 pm

agent007 wrote:So...we have rowley as the incumbent, tanty kams as the leading opposition figure and now Duke to join Phillip and possibly Gary and Mikela fighting for the position of PM or to form a new government? Haven't these people learnt anything at all?

Divided opposing forces benefit no one except the PNM unless amongst themselves, they manage to conquer a Diego Martin, St Ann's or Laventille seat or two. That will change the dynamic and maybe pave the way for another coalition government. The next struggle in this hypothetical scenario is, who gets to be PM and therein lies the continued saga of crab in a barrel syndrome.

Could do like Israel and have a rotating PM.

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Postby sMASH » April 11th, 2022, 2:11 am

U eh find Rowley does spin enuff already.. Man spinning we economy like top in mud.

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Postby VexXx Dogg » April 11th, 2022, 10:35 am

PDP might get some UNC converts, plus be a collector box for former COP/PEP/ILP/ small party supporters.
They might be a dark horse in the 2025 race when it comes to pulling a couple seats and getting leverage. Kinda hard to compete with 300K+ votes for UNC and PNM, maybe they can get a couple swing seats. I honestly can't see much change in the grassroots constituencies.

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Postby zoom rader » April 11th, 2022, 11:36 am

Redman awaiting in his renewed blogging contract from bailiser brothel to reply.

Man cah even reply for free

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zoom rader wrote:Redman awaiting in his renewed blogging contract from bailiser brothel to reply.

Man cah even reply for free

He was holding out for the return of free condiments

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zoom rader wrote:Redman awaiting in his renewed blogging contract from bailiser brothel to reply.

Man cah even reply for free
All fone cards went out to post up 'Rowley us d bess' on the fuel price threads.
U will see him when the next tranche get release.

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Postby The_Honourable » April 11th, 2022, 1:20 pm

Pegasus must be tap redman phone and caught him chatting with PDP.

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Postby SuperiorMan » April 11th, 2022, 1:36 pm

Man relying on Duke to win election oui.

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Postby The_Honourable » May 1st, 2022, 7:04 pm

PDP LAUNCH TRINIDAD


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Postby Redress10 » May 2nd, 2022, 1:33 am

Imagine if PDP win elections and trinidadians have to take direction from Tobagonians.

Lmao

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Postby eliteauto » May 2nd, 2022, 1:58 am

Jah bless the PDP. the whole team staying in a hotel downtown and they call the ole elite for taxi, WD paying cash dunno if ZR put in a recommendation but Jah bless him too

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Postby Mmoney607 » May 2nd, 2022, 9:02 am

Well now allyuh have somebody young, you have a party that's not pnm or unc and most importantly, it's not kamla. Let's see what you all do now, your move

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Postby hover11 » May 2nd, 2022, 9:26 am

Mmoney607 wrote:Well now allyuh have somebody young, you have a party that's not pnm or unc and most importantly, it's not kamla. Let's see what you all do now, your move
Now they beating up that Suzette Lowe is deputy leader, this isn't the first nor the last time a foreigner will be given a political post....remember Robert le hunte. She will have to choose to come here to live. Simple fix. I'm just tired of voting for the same ppl and expecting different results. That is the true definition of insanity.

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Postby AbstractPoetic » May 2nd, 2022, 9:30 am

Interesting to see that Suzette Louwe has joined the leadership team for PDP. Does this mean she will be relocating from The Netherlands?

I wonder how Uncle Philip and PEP feeling.

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Postby sMASH » May 2nd, 2022, 9:40 am

AbstractPoetic wrote:Interesting to see that Suzette Louwe has joined the leadership team for PDP. Does this mean she will be relocating from The Netherlands?

I wonder how Uncle Philip and PEP feeling.
Since last year she said she was returning.

Pep prolly salty, but me eh hear nutten.


Phil might post the tirade in a bit.

I say, the bring more parties, into the parliament.

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Postby K74T » May 2nd, 2022, 9:48 am

Lmao Suzie Luzie yes.

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Postby hover11 » May 2nd, 2022, 9:50 am

AbstractPoetic wrote:Interesting to see that Suzette Louwe has joined the leadership team for PDP. Does this mean she will be relocating from The Netherlands?

I wonder how Uncle Philip and PEP feeling.
Didn't Robert le Hunte relocate from Ghana

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Postby eliteauto » May 2nd, 2022, 10:33 am

Lol if she's affiliated then the rumors of who's funding the PDP are true.

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Postby timelapse » May 2nd, 2022, 11:13 am

pDP was going good.Suzette will be the downfall of them.Get rid of that political weed .Funny thing is that the husband better suited for politics.A really nice guy

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Postby The_Honourable » May 2nd, 2022, 11:52 am

lol pnm vex that some afro trinidadians supporting PDP. So the playbook:

Is one thing when pnm goes against unc but is a different level of viciousness when a black man decides to be independent from the pnm. Expect the slurs, name calling and shaming language from now till 2025. Cro cro might jump out for a part 2. Any critique of the pnm, the sycophants will accuse you of being racist and that you hate black people.

Pnm will say that Suzette does make racial statements and that Gary does call black people cockroaches. Although we all know what both of them mean, again pnm will equate critique of their party as a critique on afro-trinidadians as a whole.

Since tobago may not be in play for the pnm, it will have dog fight especially along the east west corridor. Expect those pnm radio and social media hosts taking things up a notch like isha wells, sharon felix, juliet davy, sherma wilson and others of that ilk coming out in full force.

Tapping in the "fear" and "how it guh look" that "tobagonians running trinidad."

This will be the first time in decades that the pnm would actually have to fight for their "safe" seats.

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Postby timelapse » May 2nd, 2022, 12:45 pm

Sharon is a weirdo.Somehow she turned white by marriage and hates indos ever since.PNM is the best place for her.I want to see PDP vs PNM.Take racism out of the equation, and PNM resorts to personal slander attacks.I want Duke to turn this sheithole political arena into Wakanda.UNC should just spectate next rounds and let PDP go toe to toe with PNM on a fair playing field.

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Postby Rovin » May 2nd, 2022, 1:45 pm

whats wrong with suzutte though , am i missing something yall know about ? ...

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