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NACTA got it right in Aruba and Tobago

Oct 02, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
Since Sheila Holder, MP for AFC, and your daily columnist, Freddie Kissoon, claim that Vishnu Bisram and the NACTA polls have never accurately predicted an election outside of Trinidad and Guyana.
I wish to note that NACTA correctly predicted the outcome of elections in Aruba and Tobago this year.
Last week, Mr. Bisram penned in the local newspapers that his findings in Aruba showed the opposition AVP (headed by Mike Eman) was heading for a victory over the incumbent MEP of defending Prime Minister Nelson Oduber.  The results of the September 25 elections show AVP won 12 seats, MEP eight and a minor party one.
I am a NYC teacher.  Myself and another NYC teacher and several other NACTA affiliates traveled to Tobago (at their own expense) to assist Bisram with his polls to determine the outcome of the island’s Assembly elections held last January. NACTA initially predicted 9-3 in favour of the incumbent PNM against the opposition TOP.
Later, on the eve of the elections, the tracking poll showed 8-3 in favour of PNM with one seat too close to call. The final result was 8-4.
I also wish to note that in the 2005 Assembly elections, NACTA predicted 11-0 in favour of PNM with one seat to close to call. The PNM won 11-1, with the lone opposition seat won by some 14 votes.
Vassan Ramracha

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