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Amidst con­cerns over a loss of mem­bers from the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she is still con­fi­dent in her par­ty’s chances of win­ning this year’s gen­er­al elec­tion.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar made the re­marks as she ar­rived at the par­ty’s head­quar­ters on Mulchan Seuchan Road, Ch­agua­nas to par­tic­i­pate in screen­ing du­ties for prospec­tive can­di­dates for the La Hor­quet­ta/Tal­paro and Mal­abar/Mau­si­ca (for­mer­ly D’Abadie/O’Meara) seats.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions over for­mer UNC mem­bers break­ing ranks to form al­liances with small­er po­lit­i­cal par­ties, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said she did not feel any of the small­er po­lit­i­cal units could chal­lenge the UNC and ques­tioned their le­git­i­ma­cy, re­fer­ring to them as “lead­ers with­out fol­low­ers.”