Last week, in response to the Alliance for Change (AFC) letter stating its intent to move a motion of no-confidence in his government under article 106 of the Constitution, President Donald Ramotar stated that he and his party were ready for any eventual elections, and then he did a very strange thing, which suggests the opposite. He warned the AFC that if they should succeed with the motion and an election is called, they will have to answer to the electorate for their actions on at least half a dozen issues.
Of course, whether elections are held in three months or two years when they are constitutionally due, the PPP will see to it that the AFC is confronted by the identified questions, and since there is no good reason why allowing the regime more time in office should make those questions any easier to answer, our president was showing his slip.
His warning appears more an attempt to frighten the AFC away from the no-confidence course at a time when the PPP is so much