Minister of Youth Development and National Service and La Horquetta/Talparo MP Foster Cummings is not concerned that Phillip Watts, the former chairman of the PNM's constituency executive for La Horquetta/Talparo, will run as the UNC candidate for the same constituency in the 2025 general election.

In a brief WhatsApp message to Newsday on March 9, Cummings said, “The PNM's margin of victory in 2025 will be even larger than in 2020, following our significant distribution of free household appliances to residents. We will protect Trinidad and Tobago from the reckless UNC.”

Cummings won the seat in 2020 by 1,923 votes over the UNC's Jearlean John.