Free­lance Cor­re­spon­dent

Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) can­di­date for Cu­mu­to/Man­zanil­la San­jiv Bood­hu says he wants a so­ci­ety where elect­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives ad­vo­cate “from the trench­es, rather than from an ivory tow­er.” He was speak­ing dur­ing his cam­paign launch in San­gre Grande on Fri­day evening.

He said he has nev­er ex­pe­ri­enced that type of rep­re­sen­ta­tion in Cu­mu­to/Man­zanil­la and ex­plained that this is what pushed him to of­fer him­self for pub­lic ser­vice. “It is be­cause I want this type of rep­re­sen­ta­tion for my­self,” he said.