There were mixed re­ac­tions in the con­stituen­cy to for­mer se­nior su­per­in­ten­dent Roger Alexan­der be­ing cho­sen as the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress; (UNC) can­di­date for Tu­na­puna in the up­com­ing Gen­er­al Elec­tion.

While the an­nounce­ment by Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad Bisses­sar on Sat­ur­day night ap­peared to come as a shock to some, oth­ers said they were not sur­prised and en­dorsed the se­lec­tion.

Alexan­der will be hop­ing to un­seat in­cum­bent Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) can­di­date Es­mond Forde. Com­ment­ing on Alexan­der’s se­lec­tion by the UNC, road­side ven­dor Seer­am Jor­dan said, “I have no prob­lem with that.”