Last week, we carried our first article since the new Administration took up office following the 11 May 2015 national and regional elections. We stated that an encouraging start has been made to mend our broken system of government and governance arrangements. We felt it was fitting for the swearing in of the new President to take place in the balcony of Parliament Building as a mark of respect for the highest decision-making body of the land. In his speech, the President vowed not to prorogue Parliament, in clear reference to what his predecessor had done to stave off a vote of no confidence in the government. He also urged that we put the past aside and work together to banish poverty, ignorance, fear and hatred.
We referred to a number of statements that the President had made during an interview with one of the
