People's Partnership

People's Partnership
AbbreviationPP
LeaderKamla Persad-Bissessar
FounderKamla Persad-Bissesar
FoundedApril 21, 2010 (2010-04-21)
DissolvedDecember 8, 2015 (2015-12-08)[1][2]
Merged intoUNC, COP, TOP, MSJ and NJAC
HeadquartersCouva, Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo, Trinidad and Tobago
NewspaperThe Voice
IdeologySocial democracy
Third Way
Political positionCentre-left
Colors Yellow
Website
http://peoplespartnership.unitednationalcongress.org

The People's Partnership (PP) was a political coalition in Trinidad and Tobago among five political parties: the United National Congress (UNC), the Congress of the People (COP), the Tobago Organization of the People (TOP), Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) and National Joint Action Committee (NJAC). The political leader was Kamla Persad-Bissessar.[3] The coalition was formed in advance of the 2010 general election attempting to form a multi-ethnic opposition bloc against the People's National Movement (PNM) government led by Patrick Manning.[3] The coalition won the 2010 General Elections defeating the People's National Movement on May 24, 2010. On September 7, 2015, the coalition was defeated in the 2015 General Elections to the People's National Movement led by Keith Rowley. The coalition saw the departure of the Movement for Social Justice in 2012[4][5][6][7] and eventually disbanded on December 8, 2015 (2015-12-08).[1][2]

  1. ^ a b "Prakash Ramadhar on Partnership". 9 December 2015. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b @samnanton (8 December 2015). "Register" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b Hutchinson-Jafar, Linda (22 April 2010). "Trinidad opposition forms unity pact for elections". Reuters India. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Then there were four" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Breaking News Trinidad and Tobago, 21 May 2012.
  5. ^ Cecily Asson, "MSJ Out Partnership", Newsday, 18 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Trinidad’s Movement for Social Justice Leaves Coalition Government", Caribbean Journal, 18 June 2012.
  7. ^ John Spence, "A movement for social justice" Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, Trinidad Express newspapers, 26 July 2012.