President dismisses talk of date for local gov’t polls

President Donald Ramotar has shut down talk of setting a date for local government elections any time soon due to the looming no-confidence motion against his government.

Speaking at the opening of the National Toshaos Council Meeting held at the International Confer-ence Centre in Liliendaal yesterday, he said that “I would be rightly ridiculed by any right thinking person if faced with such a situation our Minister goes to announce a date.”

He continued that “it would be rather foolish to do something like that” while noting that the