UNC candidate for Toco/Sangre Grande Wayne Sturge has said that the issue of squatting is a reflection of a failure of government. Particularly the PNM government who Sturge says has failed to protect citizen's rights by demolishing squatting settlements and failing to provide them with basic utilities.

Speaking at a UNC campaign meeting in Sangre Grande on April 15, Sturge gave the example of the demolition of squatters’ houses in Ramjattan Trace, off Tumpuna Road, La Horquetta, in February.

At the time, then prime minister Dr Keith Rowley expressed sympathy for squatters but maintained that the law needed to be upheld.