TWO of the third-party forces contesting the 2025 general election have dismissed opposition claims that smaller parties are being funded by the PNM with the sole purpose of splitting votes in the April 28 general election.

Asserting the accusations are baseless, political leader of the National Transformation Alliance (NTA) Gary Griffith and Mickela Panday who leads the Patriotic Front, on April 3 challenged the opposition to produce the evidence or stay silent.

Dr Roodal Moonilal, the UNC candidate for Oropouche East, speaking on a platform in Chaguanas East on April 2, in support of candidate Vandana Mohit, accused the PNM, “of putting money in one or two of those parties to split votes.