Grenada: Prime Minister Mitchell confident of landslide victory in next year’s general election

Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, who has led his ruling New National Party (NNP) to a clean sweep of all the seats in the Parliament on 2 occasions, is predicting a similar result in the upcoming general election.

Addressing supporters at the presentation of the party’s candidate for 1 of the 4 ridings in the parish of St Andrew, Mitchell predicted that the party will win all 15 seats in the election that political observers say could be held later this year, even though it is constitutionally due in 2018.

He said the party has no intention of losing any of the 15 seats it won in the 2013 poll to the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying “they will have to work to earn it”.

Reminding supporters that they need to register in order to vote, Mitchell said that many supporters attend public meetings and yet are not registered to vote.
“We are preparing for the general election, there is no big mystery about this, get registered! Get ready, its coming soon,” he told party supporters.

Meanwhile, the NDC, which launched its election campaign on Sunday, said it is facing financial difficulties as it prepares for the polls.
Re-elected NDC chairman Vincent Robert has admitted that the party is in need of funds to run its campaign.

“We invite Grenadians to support our party by assisting us with funds. We are way below the required amount and it is a wonderful opportunity to invite all Grenadians who will like to see a change, who will like to see an improvement in the economic situation,” Vincent said.

He said some members of the executive and the party were using personal funds to ensure the party is able to communicate with its supporters, and was still confident of victory at the election.
He also called on supporters to volunteer their services, adding “we need people to volunteer with us, we need people to knock on doors”. -(CMC)