PEP leader Phillip Edward Alexander says parties such as the PNM and UNC have led T&T to becoming a failed state.

Speaking on Saturday at a campaign meeting in Palmiste, he said every party that had governed T&T had been part of creating a culture where politics “is all about theft.”

Newsday reported that he claimed, because of that and the party’s campaign from the ground up, larger parties like the PNM and UNC viewed PEP as a threat in the elections.

He says T&T can be a first-world nation and spoke about some of the issues currently facing T&T such as the water crisis.

Alexander says a solution to solve such a problem was to create water retention ponds near the Diego Martin River and provide that water to water-starved communities.

The PEP turned down an offer by the UNC to form a political alliance for the elections.

Mr. Alexander says the party is going to have motorcades and other meetings during the campaign.