Winston Dookeran is elated with the electoral success of his Congress of the People (COP) in Monday's general election and he says he now believes "That I have a party that can run on its own."He added, "I have for the first time real politicians in the Congress of the People, for they can win elections too."
Dookeran made the comment when he addressed Local Government Councillors-elect at COP's Operations Centre at Chaguanas.
COP was allocated 41 seats for the election and won 25 of them. In the process it has taken control of Arima, which was a PNM stronghold. The COP candidate in the general election also won the Arima constituency.
"They used to say that we did not have a firm footing on the ground. Now, they cannot say that anymore and that's the only thing that prevented us from winning in the 2007 election," Dookeran said.
He Arima has become the party's political flagship. "So a movement has started and you happen to be the new foundation blocks for this movement. The idea is now converted into real political movement," he told the COP members.
He said COP is "an example of where an idea catches on in a country and it cannot be stopped again".
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