UNC candidate for Tunapuna, Roger Alexander, hoped the party could win next Monday's general election as a way to celebrate the birthday of Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar who turned 73 on April 22.

UNC candidates and party officials made a video that was posted to the party's Facebook page, each wishing birthday greetings to Persad-Bissessar, who was prime minister from 2010-2015.

Alexander, who resigned from the TTPS at the rank of Senior Superintendent, said in the video, "Happy birthday. The greatest gift we could give is to make you – just after your birthday – the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago."