Insisting that elections have to be held by March 21st, PPP general Secre-tary Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called on the government to comply with the constitution in keeping with the ruling by the Chief Justice upholding the validity of the no-confidence vote passed against it.
Jagdeo, who is opposition leader, appeared to shut the door on negotiating an extension with the government, which he said has not made any serious moves towards facilitating elections preparations. As a result, he maintained that he will not hold any further talks with government unless President David Granger publicly accepts the recent ruling and announces a date for the polls.
“If the president announced the elections and the date for the elections within the constitutional period, I think that’s ground to meet. We are not getting caught up again with [the] PR stunt by DPI and the government,” Jagdeo told a press conference yesterday after being asked whether he is inclined to meet again with the president.
