Citizens Alliance is a defunct
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
. Former finance minister
Wendell Mottley
Wendell Adrian Mottley ORTT (born 2 July 1941) is a Trinidad and Tobago economist, politician and athlete. Mottley served as Senator and member of the House of Representatives with the Trinidad and Tobago Parliament and was Minister of Finance fr ...
was leader and businessman Peter George was deputy leader. In the
2002 general election, the party received 5,955 votes (1.0%) and captured no seats.
Citizens Alliance attempted to position itself as a multi-racial alternative to the
two dominant political parties, the
People's National Movement
The People's National Movement (PNM) is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party has dominated national and local politics for much of Trinidad and Tobago's history, contesting all elections sinc ...
and the
United National Congress
The United National Congress ( UNC or UNCTT) is one of two major political parties in Trinidad and Tobago and the current parliamentary opposition. The UNC is a Centre-left politics, centre-left party. It was founded in 1989 by Basdeo Panday, a ...
.
Ricky Singh, "New party coming to T&T"
, Caribbean Round-Up, 18 March 2002.
See also
* List of political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
External links
"Mottley did not stick it out"
''Trinidad and Tobago Guardian'', 13 December 2008.
References
Defunct political parties in Trinidad and Tobago
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