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Shas­tri Boodan

With just a week left be­fore vot­ers head to the polls, two Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) can­di­dates are ac­cus­ing the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) of us­ing “des­per­ate tac­tics” to dis­tract from what they called its record on crime, in­fra­struc­ture, and pub­lic sec­tor ne­glect.

UNC Deputy Po­lit­i­cal Leader and Ca­roni Cen­tral can­di­date David Lee said re­cent gov­ern­ment an­nounce­ments such as salary in­creas­es for nurs­es and teach­ers were lit­tle more than “elec­tion gim­micks.”