Parliament gambit leaves govt isolated

A week after President Donald Ramotar suspended Parliament by proclamation, his government stands isolated with key sections of society withholding support for the move and pressure mounting for a reversal of his action, analysts say.

Some of the most damning criticism has come from persons once close to the ruling PPP/C and from the son of the party’s founder Dr Cheddi Jagan who said that his father would have never countenanced the shutting down of parliament.

In a letter in the November 14th edition of Stabroek News, Cheddi (Joey) Jagan Jnr said “President Cheddi would never have suspended Parliament as this