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POLITICAL analyst Derek Ramsamooj says the Tobago People's Party's (TPP) resounding 15-0 victory in the January 12 Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election has provided its political leader and THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine a strong hand to demand greater autonomy for the island and advance its interests.

Ramsamooj said the THA elections result make for an interesting political dynamic between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Augustine. He also said the results have diminished the PNM's political stocks nationally and its leadership must do some serious introspection with respect to charting the way forward for the party.

Ramsamooj said the result has placed Augustine "in the strongest position within recent times of having a clear mandate to develop Tobago's agenda."