Kamla drops Chadresh, Partap, Stacy, Gypsy and Cadiz

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday announced several more UNC candidates for the September 07 general election. 

She will be keeping Ramona Ramdial in Couva North and Rudranath Indarsingh in Couva South. Fazal Karim will replace Stephen Cadiz in Chaguanas East and Raziah Ahmed will be taking on Faris al Rawi in San Fernando West. 

Winston Peters has been dropped in Mayaro in favour of Roger Morales and Dr Lakhram Bodoe will replace Chandresh Sharma in Fyzabad. In Cumoto, Colin Partap will stand down to allow Christine Newallo Hosein run. 

In Tunapuna economist Wayne Munroe is the UNC candidate and in Oropouche West Stacy Roopnarine will be replaced by Vidia Guyadeen-Gopeesingh.  Campaign Manager Rodney Charles would replace Nizam Baksh in Naparima.

The UNC list:
1. Caroni East - Dr Tim Gopeesingh
2. Chaguanas East - Fazal Karim
3. Chaguanas West - Ganga Singh
4. Couva North - Ramona Ramdial
5. Couva South - Rudranath Indarsingh
6. Pointe a Pierre - Dr David Lee
7. Tabaquite - Dr Surujrattan Rambachan
8. Naparima - Rodney Charles
9. Moruga-Tableland - Clifton De Coteau
10. Oropouche East - Dr Roodal Moonilal
11. Oropouche West - Vidia Guyadeen Gopeesingh
12. Siparia - Kamla Persad Bissessar
13. Fyzabad - Dr Lakhram Bodoe
14. Mayaro - Roger Morales
15. Cumuto - Christine Newallo Hosein
16. Toco/San Grande - Brent Sancho
17. La Horquetta/Talparo - Jairam Seemungal
18. Tunupuna - Wayne Munroe
19. St Joseph - Vasant Bharath
20. San Juan/Barataria - Fuad Khan
21. Diego Martin North East - Garvin Nicholas
22. POS North/St Ann's West - Eli Zakour
23. St Anns East - Don Sylvester
24. San Fernando West - Raziah Ahmed
Caroni Central and Princes Town TBA

The full People's partnership lineup of 41 candidates will be presented on Sunday at a mass rally at the Ato Bolden Stadium in Couva. The rally begins at three in the afternoon.

The partners are the Congress of the People (COP), NJAC and The Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP). NJAC has said it will contest five seats.

Some of the COP Candidates:

1. St Augustine - Prakash Ramadhar
2. Arima - Rodger Samuel
3. D’Abadie/O’Meara - Patricia Cedeno-Metivier
4. Lopinot/Bon Air West - Lincoln Douglas
5. San Fernando East - Ashaki Scott 
6. Arouca/Maloney - Wendell Eversley
7. Diego Martin West - Avonelle Hector
8. Cleveland Garcia - POS South

The two TOP candidates are:

1. Tobago West - Natasha Second
2. Tobago East - Joseph Fredrick