Leader of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Jack Warner will announce his slate of 41 candidates only when the UNC discloses theirs. “We don’t want to begin too early and burn ourselves out. We will not announce candidates until after the UNC announces theirs for obvious reasons. We will go full speed ahead after the date is given. No party shall form the government without the ILP,” he said. He added that he was not overly concerned about the polls.
The ILP held an interfaith service held at Passage to Asia Restaurant in Chaguanas yesterday. Warner said it was only fitting that the party should hold prayers and thanksgiving on the say that People’s National Movement (PNM) held a family day at Nelson Mandela Park, Port-of-Spain and the People’s Partnership (PP) celebrated its fifth year in power at Macoya.
He said although recent Guardian Media Limited polls conducted by Louis Bertrand of H.H.B. and Associates showed that the PNM was in the lead in Tunapuna, St Joseph and San Fernando West, this was far from the truth. He said the ILP has already started campaigning “We have had cottage meetings in several areas. We were in Chaguanas East and West, in Tunapuna, Toco/Sangre Grande. We will launch our public meetings from June 5,” Warner said.
He added that the ILP will support a national front and will work towards getting the support of undecided voters. Warner accused the media to behaving as if only two parties existed in T&T. “Nothing is further from the truth. The country is set up to believe if you are not PNM then you PP or vice versa. They behaving like the Debates Commission. They dismiss other parties,” he said.
Asked which seat he planned to contest, Warner said: “I dont know where I will contest whether it is Chaguanas East or West, or Lopinot Bon/Air.”