Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) pres­i­dent Ains­ley King has moved to quell grow­ing anx­i­eties sur­round­ing the 2026 Car­ni­val sea­son, dis­miss­ing so­cial me­dia “mis­in­for­ma­tion” about Road March rules and promis­ing a com­pre­hen­sive re­view of the or­gan­i­sa­tion’s judg­ing process­es.

Speak­ing at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah VIP lounge yes­ter­day fol­low­ing the an­nounce­ment of the Road March win­ners, King ad­dressed al­le­ga­tions re­gard­ing a “pur­port­ed clause” that al­leged­ly re­strict­ed how con­tes­tants could ap­pear at judg­ing points.

He was adamant that while a new rule book ex­ists, it does not con­tain the re­stric­tive mea­sures sug­gest­ed by some com­men­ta­tors.