"Moruga residents jeered, booed and chased Princes Town South/Tableland MP Peter Taylor out of their community yesterday (Wednesday) as they accused him of poor representation," the Trinidad Guardian reported Thursday.Other local media reports confirmed the encounter between the cabinet minister and supporters.
The Guardian said Taylor had gone the area after hearing that a local radio station, 104.7FM, was in the area conducting interviews.
It said when Taylor arrived residents surrounded him and demanding to know why he never assisted them since he took office.
"Gesticulating wildly, one woman walked up to Taylor and bellowed: “Get out! We don’t want you here. You only here because Manning call election.” She lamented that for the past few years residents were suffering because of poor roads, poor drainage, lack of water and unemployment," The Guardian reported.
It said Taylor tried to defend himself but "they crossed their clenched fists in front of their faces in an imitation of Percy Villafana, who had blocked Prime Minister Patrick Manning from entering his property weeks ago."
It quoted one resident as saying: "These issues we have were raised with Taylor many times before and he did nothing for the people. He failed us. He is a failure.”
They seemed to have a preference to Clifton De Couteau, the UNC candidate who is running in the constituency in the May 24 general election.
“We riding with De Couteau,” they told the Guardian.
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