{"id":3000,"date":"2010-04-28T06:18:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T10:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=3000"},"modified":"2010-05-30T04:16:34","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T08:16:34","slug":"prime-minister-patrick-manning-says-no-to-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=3000","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Manning Says No Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PNM Patrick Manning vs UNC Kamla Persad-Bissessar<\/figcaption><\/figure>Kamla: I\u2019m ready Manning: Nothing to gain<\/b><\/big><\/p>\n

By Cecily Asson and Invera Arjoon
\nWednesday, April 28 2010<\/i><\/p>\n

WHILE UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night said she is willing to take part in a live national debate with Prime Minister Patrick Manning in the run up to the May 24 general election, Manning, who is the PNM\u2019s political leader, was reluctant to participate.
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\n\u201cWhat do I have to gain, what do I have to gain from doing a debate with Mrs Persad-Bissessar?<\/p>\n

Nothing to gain, nothing to gain by that. That is all I could say, that is all I could say,\u201d Manning told reporters during a walkabout in Tarodale Gardens, Tarouba.<\/p>\n

The Chamber of Industry of Commerce yesterday made an appeal to Manning and Persad-Bissessar to participate in a public debate to help electors make an informed choice. However, when questioned by reporters on this issue Manning said, \u201cThe campaign manager…that matter has been referred to him. Mr (Conrad) Enill is taking care of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enill is the PNM chairman.<\/p>\n

Pressed further Manning said, \u201cIt is unlikely that I will participate in any such debate…very unlikely. You know, in England recently, you all need to check to see what the implications of these debates are and depending on what side of the political fence you are on, people take different views as to whether you should have them or whether you should not have them.\u201d (The United Kingdom will have its general election on May 6.)
\nFull Article : newsday.co.tt<\/a><\/p>\n

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Manning on debate with Kamla: ‘I have nothing to gain’<\/a>
\nPrime Minister Patrick Manning has no intention of entering into any debate with Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar before the May 24 general election.<\/p>\n

PM: No debate<\/a><\/p>\n

T&T Chamber sets up commission<\/a><\/p>\n

Chamber head: Public will benefit<\/a>
\nChamber of Industry and Commerce president Angella Persad feels certain that national debates among political leaders will work in Trinidad and Tobago (TT), as they have in the United States and recently Jamaica.<\/p>\n

Not so fast, Mr Prime Minister<\/a>
\nWe respectfully invite Prime Minister Patrick Manning to review his remarks about bias involving this newspaper in the coverage of the current general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kamla: I\u2019m ready Manning: Nothing to gain By Cecily Asson and Invera Arjoon Wednesday, April 28 2010 WHILE UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night said she is willing to take part in a live national debate with Prime Minister Patrick Manning in the run up to the May 24 general election, Manning, who is … Continue reading Prime Minister Manning Says No Debate<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,1,396,30,7,142],"tags":[342,144,82,1015,49],"class_list":["post-3000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-general-tt","category-general-tt","category-peoples-partnership","category-pnm","category-politics","category-unc","tag-chamber-of-industry-and-commerce","tag-kamla-persad-bissessar","tag-patrick-manning","tag-politics","tag-tt-govt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3573,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3000\/revisions\/3573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}