I voting for Kamla :D

Siparia MP Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday that she had no regrets about her decision to fight for the highest position in the United National Congress. And she believes no other candidate has the power to unite opposition forces and take the party to victory in the next general elections.

Persad-Bissessar is vying for the position of political leader against Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday and Tabaquite MP Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj in the January 24 internal election.

’Win, lose or draw I have no regrets. I have been guided by the voice of the people and I would continue to serve them. It is not Mr Panday’s decision to say whether I stay or leave the party. But when that time comes I would deal with that,’ Persad-Bissessar told the media before beginning a motorcade throughout Central Trinidad.

’We have the largest membership in Central Trinidad and I intend to go through the villages and make contact with the residents.’

The vehicles gathered at Derrick Road, Chase Village, Chaguanas, from as early as 8.30 a.m. Three music trucks blaring the latest soca and chutney tunes, tassa drummers, motorcyclists and vehicles plastered with ’Kamla for Leader’ stickers and orange flags lined the street. Persad-Bissessar mounted a white Hilux van and waved at supporters as she was journeyed through the borough.

Suruj Rambachan, who is contesting the position of deputy leader as an independent candidate, followed behind on one of the music trucks. Rambachan, former mayor of Chaguanas, has publicly endorsed Persad-Bissessar for leader of the UNC.

Persad-Bissessar said she was pleased with her campaign and was positive she would win.

’I am not allowing anything to keep us back. We had some problems with the list. I am a candidate and up to today I don’t have a list. But my campaign is clean. A smear campaign does not win, it is dealing with the issues,’ she said.