President Donald Ramotar said yesterday that new elections will restore a parliamentary majority to the ruling party but again stopped short of confirming whether a snap election are on the cards.
“I am sure that whenever elections are held, whether it be held tomorrow, whether to be held next week, whether it be next year, whether it be held in 2016, that the PPP will regain its majority… I am confident, very confident about that. I have no doubt in my mind about that,” Ramotar said at a press conference held at Office of the President.
Following the opposition’s plans to move for a no-confidence vote against the government, thereby paving the way for new elections, observers have noted that the ruling PPP/C will likely call a snap elections instead of facing the embarrassment of being voted out of office.
Article 106 (6) of Guyana’s constitution says: “The Cabinet including the President shall resign if the Government is defeated by the vote of a majority of all the elected members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.”
“This matter [no confidence vote] comes up in October. …As you know, a day or week in politics is sometimes a long time, so I wouldn’t make a decision prematurely,” Ramotar told reporters yesterday.
Since the no-confidence motion has been filed, PPP/C parliamentarian Manzoor Nadir has said on a radio programme that the Constitution makes it clear that for such
