Former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has encouraged the new government to stick to its promises for constitutional reform and says that it must not allow the PPP to derail the opportunity to fix the political system.
“The government must not be diverted from this major electoral undertaking by allowing the PPP to derail an opportunity, which may never return, to fix our political system. If a two-thirds majority would not be possible without PPP support, Article 164 provides for a simple majority and a referendum for constitutional changes,” Ramkarran wrote in his Sunday Stabroek column yesterday.
“Even if the PPP opposes proposals for constitutional reform, the electorate will be easily persuaded if the reforms are reasonable, not designed for partisan benefit and go some way towards structural reform of our governmental system that will encourage or
