PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been re-elected UNC political leader without a single vote being cast in the party's internal election for this post which was scheduled for August 17.

This happened after 4 pm on July 27 at the UNC's headquarters in Chaguanas when she was nominated unopposed for the post she has held since January 24,2010 when she defeated party founder and former prime minister Basdeo Panday for the post.

By virtue of being the only candidate for the post, Persad-Bissessar was declared UNC political leader and the election was terminated. The announcement did not come as a surprise to the large number of UNC parliamentarians and supporters assembled in Chaguanas.