President Donald Ramotar, in his inaugural speech to the 10th Parliament, yesterday said that his administration is willing to “exercise patience, forbearance, and reasonableness in the interest of all of our people” but warned it would not be held ransom to “intractable postures”.

In a speech labelled throne-like by Opposition Leader David Granger and a “report card” on the positive developments in the country by AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan, Ramotar expressed the hope that all political parties could work together and that history would record that they succeeded at a time when they were put to the test.

“Indeed the make-up of this new parliament dictates that we seek consensus and compromise and should resist the …..