COP’s First Anniversary Rally in pictures
TriniView.com Reporters
With the next general elections looming, the Congress of the People held their first anniversary celebrations with a rally titled Real Red: The Event. Thousands of people from throughout the country wearing red C.O.P. jerseys packed into Woodford Square, a venue that has traditionally been politically associated with the ruling People’s National Movement. Police reportedly estimated the crowd size as between 25,000 to 30,000.
From as early as 12:30 p.m., new local pop/gospel band Rev Up entertained the swelling crowd with a slew of hit songs from David Rudder, Celine Dion, ‘Ras Shorty I’ and Bob Marley. They were followed by dynamic band Dil-E-Nadan, for whom the crowd surged forward to the front of the stage to get a close view of. Dil-E-Nadan did not disappoint, treating the enthusiastic audience to a pulsing mix of Chutney, Reggae and Soca songs to which the crowd danced and waved C.O.P. emblazoned rags, banners and posters.
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The previous night, at a meeting of the ruling People’s National Movement in Penal, Manning had questioned where the COP had received the money it spent on advertising the rally, and denied reports that it attracted 30,000 people, as the COP had claimed. He said the number of people at the rally was a “maximum of 5,000”.
Manning said the rally must have cost $3 million to $4 million and wondered, “from whence did that money come”. Then he spoke of the need for more campaign finance monitoring. He said he accepted the view that something should be put in place to show where the money came from.