Raphael Trotman readily concedes that the political tumult that preceded his belated emergence as the Speaker of the National Assembly makes his eventual accession to office a wholly unexpected turn of events. “When push came to shove I became a compromise candidate,” he says.
The confession comes fluently, without even a hint of what one might call the prevarication and ambiguity that characterizes the politician’s proclivity for saying one thing and meaning another. Trotman feels no need to do a diplomatic waltz in explaining the surprising turn of events that has placed him in the Speaker’s chair.
Not that there is even a hint of self-doubt
