Siparia May­or Dood­nath Mayrhoo says plans for a J’Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tion and cul­tur­al ex­trav­a­gan­za to mark the bor­ough’s an­niver­sary cel­e­bra­tions will pro­ceed de­spite ob­jec­tions from PNM coun­cil­lors and a UNC al­der­man over fund­ing for mu­sic trucks and a band.

Speak­ing at a press con­fer­ence a few days ago, Mayrhoo ac­cused op­po­si­tion mem­bers of try­ing to “sti­fle” the progress of the Siparia Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion ahead of the 2027 Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Elec­tions.

Ac­cord­ing to Mayrhoo, the coun­cil is even­ly split be­tween six PNM rep­re­sen­ta­tives and six UNC rep­re­sen­ta­tives, with UNC al­der­man Vic­tor Roberts sid­ing with the PNM on sev­er­al votes.