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To­ba­go Cor­re­spon­dent

Po­lit­i­cal an­a­lyst Dr Win­ford James says To­ba­go’s new­ly elect­ed Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment may be strong voic­es in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, but they won’t have re­al pow­er un­less they ne­go­ti­ate care­ful­ly with the rul­ing Gov­ern­ment.

In an in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, James said the pres­ence of David Thomas, who won the To­ba­go East seat for the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty, and his coun­ter­part Joel Samp­son, who won the To­ba­go West seat, isn’t enough to give To­ba­go in­flu­ence.