The results of the recently held local government elections should give no political comfort to the political parties, according to former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran who says that rigid ethnic voting patterns remain entrenched.
In his column in the Sunday Stabroek yesterday, the former Speaker of the National Assembly highlighted that sections of PPP/C supporters had abandoned the party while the APNU+AFC coalition has not managed to make a breakthrough in PPP areas of support. Local government elections