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Thursday, July 31, 2025

TPP to consider new prospective candidates for Tobago seats

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Elizabeth Gonzales
136 days ago
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Supporters of the Tobago People's Party (TPP) in a jubilant mood at the party’s official launch in August 2023.

Supporters of the Tobago People's Party (TPP) in a jubilant mood at the party’s official launch in August 2023.

The To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) has de­cid­ed not to move for­ward with nom­i­nees Trevor James and Bar­ry Nel­son as po­ten­tial can­di­dates for To­ba­go West, and has cho­sen to “con­sid­er ad­di­tion­al prospects.”

In a press re­lease, the par­ty said fol­low­ing con­sul­ta­tions with lo­cal ac­tion groups, the TPP’s ex­ec­u­tive di­rect­ed the Screen­ing Com­mit­tee to make the move. The par­ty will of­fi­cial­ly present its two can­di­dates at a spe­cial con­ven­tion on March 23 and has in­vit­ed all mem­bers to at­tend.

James, the THA’s In­fra­struc­ture Sec­re­tary, and Nel­son were the on­ly nom­i­nees screened for To­ba­go West. Mean­while, six con­tenders were con­sid­ered for To­ba­go East, in­clud­ing for­mer As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice William Nurse, re­tired Fire Ser­vice head David Thomas, for­mer as­sem­bly­man Max James, THA tech­ni­cal ad­vis­er Anslem Richards, TPP chair­man Ann Sec­ond, and William Trim.

The par­ty se­lect­ed Thomas for To­ba­go East.

The TPP, which formed in 2023 af­ter break­ing away from the Pro­gres­sive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Pa­tri­ots (PDP), has been po­si­tion­ing it­self as a key play­er in To­ba­go’s po­lit­i­cal land­scape. An­a­lysts have sug­gest­ed the par­ty could play a cru­cial role in the up­com­ing gen­er­al elec­tions, be­com­ing king­mak­er de­pend­ing on its can­di­dates and cam­paign strat­e­gy.

At­tempts to get more in­for­ma­tion from the par­ty proved fu­tile yes­ter­day.

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