P.U.P. Prepares for Toledo East By-election

Tonight, all eyes are on Toledo East where the two mass parties, as well as a third-party candidate, are preparing for Wednesday’s by-election to determine the next area representative for that constituency.  The People’s United Party, since choosing Doctor Osmond Martinez as standard bearer, has been campaigning diligently across all twenty-one villages, and Punta Gorda Town, that make up Toledo East.  Earlier today, we spoke by phone with Doctor Martinez who was in the remote village of Machakilha about his campaign efforts leading up to tomorrow’s political showdown.

 

On the phone: Dr. Osmond Martinez, P.U.P. Standard Bearer, Toledo East

“We’ve been working, you know, towards July seventeenth and we are a few hours away from opening the polls, less than twenty-four hours, and we are excited.  My team is excited, we are looking forward to just getting out there and cast the votes tomorrow morning, at seven in the morning.”

 

Isani Cayetano

“Do you believe that given the time that you’ve had to campaign, that you’ve perhaps reached every community that you’ve needed to reach within the Toledo East constituency?”

 

Osmond Martinez

“I have.  I have been in all the communities, the twenty-one communities and one town and I have had the privilege to visit all the communities and the town.  You know, one of our challenges is that people want to see us and continue to invite us to their homes and the time is short, but we are doing all our best and we will be visiting people up to six in the morning.”

 

Isani Cayetano

“What has the reception been in terms of the people that you’ve met on the ground and listening to some of their needs?”

 

Osmond Martinez

“Well the reception is excellent, you know, and it’s a testimony to what can or where we have seen that the reception is excellent is the response of the people during the Nomination Day.  During the Nomination Day we had the largest crowd on Nomination Day and that was the largest of Toledo’s political history, not only Toledo East or Toledo West, where much of the or historically on Nomination Day you would have both constituencies.”