Guyanese Sir Ronald Sanders has withdrawn from the contest within the Caricom region for the candidacy for the position of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.
According to a Trinidad Express report, the withdrawal of Sanders, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of the Common-wealth, University of London, leaves two nominees from the region—Trinidad’s Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie, who has been nominated by his government, and Dominica-born member of the Britain House of Lords, Baroness (Patricia Janet) Scotland, a former Attorney General for England and Wales.
The report said Sanders’ decision was communicated to all Caricom Heads,
