The reality of an even more truncated lifespan for another minority government might be the incentive to propel the PPP in a different direction this time around and form a coalition government and former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has suggested that the opposition should insist on full inclusion and a rigid adherence to defined policies.
If the PPP/C is returned with only a plurality of the votes at the upcoming elections as in 2011, it could adopt the sensible course of inviting the opposition to join it in a coalition government, Ramkarran wrote in his Sunday Stabroek column. He said that further gridlock is unlikely to be sustainable for more than a year this time around.
He noted that the PPP would, like any other party obtaining a plurality, like to be in the majority in a coalition and may invite only one of the opposition parties to join a coalition. “The obvious consideration in opposition strategy, if an invitation is forthcoming, is to ensure that it will have the same majority as it would have had in opposition. To avoid being in a minority, the
