By Ralph Ramkarran
The late Forbes Burnham could never have imagined that in 1980 when he enforced a constitutional arrangement which, as his opponents assert, would indefinitely extend his political longevity and that of the PNC, that it was the PPP which was going to be the beneficiary.
The executive president, created by the new constitution, was to be and is elected by a unique method. He/she is not elected in separate elections like most other countries. Neither is he/she elected by a majority with a run off if the majority is not achieved on the first ballot. The presidential candidate is designated on the list of candidates
