Former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran says that the most important general election in the country’s history since 1992 could spell defeat for the ruling PPP if APNU and the AFC were to agree to an electoral alliance.
In his column in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek he however cautioned that the opposition will also have a difficult task of balancing the possibilities. He asserted that if there is no electoral alliance between A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change there is a real possibility that a coalition government can emerge if the PPP/C secures plurality and therefore the presidency.
Ramkarran, who quit the party two years ago after a row over its weak stance on corruption, adverted to the declining electoral fortunes of the incumbent since 1992.
“These are the most important elections since 1992 when the then PNC government was voted out of office in the first free and