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PNM Political Leader Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis alleges her husband a former employee of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) was fired due to political discrimination. She made the claim during an interview on a Tobago morning show. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.

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00:00In my case, for instance, I am without job since last April, and the government saw it fit to fire
00:07my husband, I think based on political discrimination.
00:12Mrs. Kajil-Lewis said since the PNM lost the 2025 general election and she lost the Tobago West seat to
00:20the TPP's Joelle Sampson, she has been without a salary.
00:24Because when you're in opposition, you don't have any salary coming in, like for me for a year and a
00:29half, I have no salary coming in, but I out here in the free, you know, and then you also
00:34have to take into consideration, if you're the breadwinner in your family, you have to really stand up and make
00:42sure that you can take care of your household.
00:43The PNM Tobago Council political leader said being in opposition is no walk in the park.
00:49When you're in opposition, when you have lost the way we have lost, both in central government and Tobago House
00:55of Assembly, you're going to have people with different ideas and perspectives as to how we should move forward.
01:02And there are some people who are hell-bent on holding on to the old way. There are some people
01:06who may think that their direction is the right and only way.
01:10The TPP won all 15 seats in the 2026 January 12th THA election. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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