The Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre of Trinidad and To­ba­go (NATUC) has con­grat­u­lat­ed the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) fol­low­ing its vic­to­ry in the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly elec­tions.

In a state­ment is­sued af­ter the de­c­la­ra­tion of re­sults, NATUC said the out­come re­flect­ed the de­ci­sion of vot­ers in To­ba­go and con­firmed sup­port for the par­ty’s plans for gov­er­nance on the is­land. The or­gan­i­sa­tion said the elec­tion re­sult sig­nalled ex­pec­ta­tions for ac­count­abil­i­ty, par­tic­i­pa­tion and progress with­in the frame­work of the THA.

NATUC said the vote marked a point in To­ba­go’s po­lit­i­cal process and ac­knowl­edged the role of the elec­torate in shap­ing the com­po­si­tion of the As­sem­bly. The or­gan­i­sa­tion al­so not­ed the lev­el of par­tic­i­pa­tion by cit­i­zens dur­ing the elec­toral process and the com­ple­tion of vot­ing in keep­ing with de­mo­c­ra­t­ic prac­tice.