TOP is back
Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP) Leader Ashworth Jack has once again thrown his hat into the political arena.
Once the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Minority Leader, Jack has announced his re-entry into politics, saying it is appropriate at this time, as he had always promised that on completing personal and business matters, he would return.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday at Rovanel’s Conference Centre, Jack said: “There are a number of lives you have a responsibility to: one is to your family and their survival. I have always said that there were some personal things that needed to be done and I had made up my mind that once those things were in completed, my time is going to be undivided.
“Yes, you would hear a lot of stuff, but that’s fine, I have thick skin. I’ve heard things about myself that I didn’t know.”
TOP is an autonomist political party formed in 2008. It contested the 2009 Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election, winning four out of 12 electoral districts. The party also contested the general election in 2010 winning both the Tobago East and West seats.
In January 2013, the party lost by a landslide against the incumbent PNM THA administration, losing the four seats it had previously held, and in 2015 it lost both Tobago seats to the PNM in the general election.
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