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For­mer deputy chair­man of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) Diego Mar­tin North East con­stituen­cy ex­ec­u­tive Ricky Shanklin says while they stepped back from be­ing part of the elec­tion ma­chin­ery this time, they have not aban­doned the par­ty.

Re­spond­ing to claims by leader of the Pro­gres­sive Em­pow­er­ment Par­ty (PEP) Phillip Ed­ward Alexan­der that the em­bat­tled ex­ec­u­tive had been qui­et­ly re­turn­ing, he said it was sim­ply not true.

Alexan­der made the claims dur­ing a walk­a­bout at Boissiere Vil­lage, Mar­aval, yes­ter­day, where he was cam­paign­ing for the Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West seat which he is con­test­ing. Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young is the cur­rent MP for that area.