By Sue-Ann Wayow
“I AM tired of losing.”
This is the main reason for leader of the United Patriots (UP) Rushton Paray contesting the United National Congress (UNC) internal elections.
Paray told supporters on Tuesday night, he has been asked several times why he was opposing the UNC Political Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and he said, “My answer every time is that I am a proud member of the United National Congress. I am proud to be UNC but you know what, I tired of losing. I am tired of losing.”
Speaking at a political meeting of the UP at the Feliciity Hindu School, the MP for Mayaro said he was aware that everyone who attended the meeting were also proud and loyal soldiers of the party but were also tired of losing.
Paray said, “When the UNC loses, it is not only Kamla who lose or (Dr Roodal) Moonilal who lose or Paray who lose, it is your children that loses. It is your future that you lose. It is your safety that you lose. When the UNC loses, we all lose.”
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Turning towards the government, he focused on what the population lost since the People’s National Movement (PNM) took office in 2015 including jobs, lives and livelihoods.
He repeated, “So when people ask me ‘Paray, why are you doing this?’ It is a simple answer, I want to win!”
Paray said his slate, should they be selected will work to ensure that the arms of the party function as they should and ensure that the UNC has a permanent home.
“We cannot aspire to be a nation of homeowners and landowners but we in the UNC renting.”
He pledged to reform the party’s constitution.
“No decisions of the party will ever be made in secret in a backroom, but it will be made alongside you the members of the party,” Paray said.
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Fixed dates will be set for internal party elections as well so that no one will have to endure the ridicule that he endured when he called for the internal election.
Paray also said, “We will have fixed terms for all positions of the Natex (National Executive) and when we set fixed terms, it will remind office holders that your title is not for life.”
He stated, “Title in political offices is not for life but you must be always thinking of the next generation.”
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