Po­lit­i­cal leader-elect of the PNM, Pene­lope Beck­les, told sup­port­ers in To­ba­go on Tues­day night that she un­der­stands the pain mem­bers are feel­ing and pledged to lead dif­fer­ent­ly if elect­ed.

Speak­ing at the One PNM team meet­ing in Buc­coo, she said, “In Trinidad plen­ty hurt­ing, and there’s more hurt­ing in To­ba­go. I mean, some Trinida­di­ans mightn’t be too hap­py to hear me say that, but when you have lost your both mem­bers of par­lia­ment and you on­ly have one per­son in the as­sem­bly, that ain’t easy. So I un­der­stand the pain and the hurt that many of you all feel.”

Beck­les, the po­lit­i­cal leader-elect, de­scribed her lead­er­ship style as one root­ed in lis­ten­ing, not ag­gres­sion.