Chaguanas West MP Ganga Singh will move a motion at the UNC's National Assembly on Sunday, calling on the political leader to engage with other political parties and units, with an aim towards forming a coalition to contest the 2019 Local Government Election and the 2020 General Election.
Singh has submitted the motion called "Creating a Unified Political Platform" to the National Executive for debate.
It has been seconded by San Juan/Barataria MP Dr Fuad Khan.
The motion reads: "Be it resolved that members of the United National Congress at the National Assembly on this day the 26th January, 2019 at the Couva South Hall, request the Political Leader to lead, undertake, initiate and explore constructive, cooperative discussions with political entities, political parties, civic organisations and progressive individuals, committed to national development, to create a strong and sustainable political movement, to oppose and defeat the PNM in the coming Local and General Elections, and to offer the country the hope, the promise and the reality of good governance in Trinidad and Tobago."
The motion is being raised on the several bases, including that "our political history has shown that a meaningful and effective political vehicle, unifying those opposed to the PNM, strengthened and bound together by a common philosophy and vision, is the mechanism for ensuring victory over the PNM".
The United National Congress has won only one of the seven general elections it competed without an alliance. That was in 2000, when the party won the election by a margin of 19- UNC, 16-PNM, 1 NAR.
Prior to that, the party tied with the PNM in its first ever election in 1995, with a margin of 17-17-2.
But after winning independently in 2000, the country was forced back to the polls in 2001 when the departure of Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, Ralph Maraj and Trevor Sudama meant the UNC no longer had a majority in the House.
The UNC contested alone in 2001 election which resulted in an 18-18 tie, before then-President Arthur NR Robinson appointed the PNM's Patrick Manning as prime minister.
With another Parliament stalemate, the country went back to the polls in 2002 and the UNC lost 16-20 to the PNM.
The party went back to an alliance in 2007 but lost to the PNM while competing as the UNC-A.
In 2010, the UNC was the majority party in the People's Partnership (PP) alliance but it lost again in 2015, in a weakened PP coalition.