By Sue-Ann Wayow
WHATEVER polling that is being conducted by media houses or other agencies, the United National Congress (UNC) is sure of a victory on the night of April 28.
UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar declared on Saturday night, “Our polling clearly shows that UNC will win the General Elections in Trinidad and Tobago.”
Speaking at the Las Lomas Recreation Ground during a UNC community meeting, Persad-Bissessar mentioned a “suppression poll” that was being put out by a media house to discourage voters from going out to vote on April 28.
She said, “Those polls are not credible, no matter who they say is winning or which pseudo-intellectual name is on them.”
Persad-Bissessar further warned, “Don’t get tied up with these media houses and their polls.”
She said some media houses were run by People’s National Movement (PNM) persons and the polls were manipulated.
“Media houses charge the PNM less than the UNC for advertising and in some cases, they are not charging them at all,” Persad-Bissessar said.
She vowed, “When UNC wins, we are coming for them.”
The UNC leader said state institutions were being used to push PNM propaganda but the UNC will investigate all when the party gets into Government.
She also spoke in defence of media personnel who do their jobs on a daily basis and who may face attacks from political entities while conducting their duties.
“The good reporters, the journalists, the photographers, don’t blame them. Their bigger hands pulling strings in the management of some media houses. Give the regular reporters, photographers a break,” Persad-Bissessar told supporters.
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The UNC has been conducting its own independent polling since last year and is currently updated and ongoing, dismissing comments that “Kamla not ready,” she said.
She made the comment hours before the Guardian published a poll by Professor Hamid Ghany that showed the 47 % of respondents in Trinidad chose Persad-Bissessar who is leading the UNC and the Coalition of Interests over Prime Minister Stuart Young, of the PNM, who polled 31 % support.
