Po­lit­i­cal an­a­lyst Dr Win­ford James be­lieves the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) may strug­gle to sway enough vot­ers in their di­rec­tion by rais­ing con­cerns about the Unit­ed States radar in­stal­la­tion in To­ba­go, or the pos­si­bil­i­ty of a mil­i­tary base be­ing es­tab­lished on the is­land. It comes as cam­paign­ing for the up­com­ing To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) elec­tions ramps up across the is­land.

On Sun­day af­ter­noon, the PNM un­veiled its man­i­festo, vow­ing to cre­ate 7,000 new jobs through small busi­ness sup­port, tourism ex­pan­sion, and green econ­o­my in­vest­ments.

Pre­vi­ous­ly, the PNM in To­ba­go de­clared if elect­ed, they would seek to re­move the US radar in­stalled on the is­land. How­ev­er, James feels the radar may not be the de­cid­ing fac­tor in the elec­tions.