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The figure remains explicitly preliminary and must not be presented as a final certified result without the final return or later correction record.", "audit_record_url": "/country-context/audits/trinidad-and-tobago.json", "audit_source_record_url": "/docs/source-files/current-country-evidence-audit-2.0.23/trinidad-and-tobago/audit-source-trinidad-and-tobago-03.json", "recheck_disposition": "superseded", "current_statement": "The Elections and Boundaries Commission's final Parliamentary Elections 2025 report records 26 seats for the United National Congress, 13 for the People's National Movement, and 2 for the Tobago People's Party. 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Trinidad and Tobago's participation is issue-specific cooperation and does not by itself establish a single geopolitical alignment, automatic policy agreement, or external control.", "audit_record_url": "/country-context/audits/trinidad-and-tobago.json", "audit_source_record_url": "/docs/source-files/current-country-evidence-audit-2.0.23/trinidad-and-tobago/audit-source-trinidad-and-tobago-06.json", "recheck_disposition": "needs-qualification", "current_statement": "CARICOM material documents policy coordination among sovereign member states. 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