By Peter Richards
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 28, CMC- The leader of the main opposition United National Congress (UNC), Kamla Persad Bissessar, claimed victory in the general election after the ruling People’s National Party (PNM) was swept aside on Monday.
Prime Minister Stuart Young conceded defeat as the PNM had sought a third consecutive victory at the polls, having defeated the then UNC-led People’s Partnership government in 2010.
Young 50, said that the members of the population have spoken “and despite tonight I will fight for Trinidad and Tobago.
“We will hold the UNC and the coalition of self interest to the coals,” he said, adding that with the full results yet to be declared by the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC), the PNM, which had controlled 22 of the 41 seats in the last parliament, is now expected to win 10 or 12 seats.
Persad Bissessar, 73, told cheering supporters that she was giving the country the assurance that “no one will be left behind, because when UNC wins, everybody wins.
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