{"id":360,"date":"2007-10-08T23:30:18","date_gmt":"2007-10-09T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=360"},"modified":"2007-10-08T23:42:42","modified_gmt":"2007-10-09T03:42:42","slug":"kamla-committed-to-unc-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Kamla committed to UNC Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_itemId=215662\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.triniview.com\/gallery\/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&amp;g2_itemId=216918&amp;g2_serialNumber=2\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" border=\"0\" alt=\"UNC Alliance Rally\" vspace=\"0\"><br \/>\nUNC Alliance Rally in pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,65582.html\">Kamla fights on<\/a><br \/>\nAppearing to throw down the gauntlet to the male-dominated leadership of the UNC Alliance, a bloodied, battered, bandaged but unbowed Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday stated defiantly that she would no longer crawl on her belly before anyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161213238\">Kamla committed to UNC Alliance, T&amp;T<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2007-10-08\/news1.html\">Kamla: I won&#8217;t be kept down<\/a><br \/>\nAlthough passed over for the leadership of the UNC Alliance, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she has no regrets over the sacrifices she made for the party&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/news\/0,65583.html\">Persad-Bissessar heads &#8216;women&#8217;s army&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/politics\/0,65601.html\">Kamla beats her own drums<\/a><br \/>\nThe unity drums failed to reverberate on the UNC Alliance\u2019s Canadian stage yesterday as Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar whipped up frenzied support among the women about her hurt and pain of being sidelined, while her male colleagues sat stony-faced and grim, refusing to applaud her even as the crowd went wild. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/politics\/0,65602.html\">UNC Alliance slate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2007-10-08\/news3.html\">Jack wants only a chance to serve<\/a><br \/>\nChairman of UNC-Alliance Austin Jack Warner says if he is given a seat, and is able to sit in the Parliament, he wants a salary of $1 a month&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/politics\/0,65603.html\">Jack says sorry<\/a><br \/>\nUNC Alliance Chairman Jack Warner apologised to those persons who were upset that he had assumed leadership of the coalition but assured he had done it &#8220;for the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161213258\">Thousands welcome Ramesh back to UNC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161213240\">Ramesh returns &#8230;joins leadership council<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2007-10-08\/news4.html\">Bas proposes new post for Kamla<\/a><br \/>\nUNC leader Basdeo Panday has proposed a new post for Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar as head of the Woman&#8217;s Contingent arm of the UNC-A&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2007-10-08\/news5.html\">Cadiz: Kamla was choice for PM<\/a><br \/>\nOpposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar was the chosen prime ministerial candidate for the UNC Alliance and was, indeed, shoved aside for a Basdeo Panday\/Jack Warner partnership&#8230; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2007-10-08\/news2.html\">Ramesh declares &#8216;war&#8217; on COP<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2007-10-08\/news6.html\">Woman power reigns at UNC Alliance rally<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.tt\/archives\/2007-10-08\/news10.html\">UNC Alliance announces first 21 candidates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadexpress.com\/index.pl\/article_news?id=161213246\">Alliance presents only 21 candidates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNC Alliance Rally in pictures Kamla fights on Appearing to throw down the gauntlet to the male-dominated leadership of the UNC Alliance, a bloodied, battered, bandaged but unbowed Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday stated defiantly that she would no longer crawl on her belly before anyone. 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