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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar: “Democracy is greater than the win”

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in a demonstration of her fundamental belief of true democracy, has relieved members of her Cabinet of the doctrine of collective responsibility by allowing all of them to vote according to conscience on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill,...
Posted On 11 Aug 2014
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Power of the run-off vote

By Capil Bissoon One of the principal issues coming out of the discussion on the Government’s Constitution (Amendment) Bill is fear of change and it is manifesting itself mostly in the provision for run-off elections. There is nothing anti-democratic or dictatorial about it and...
Posted On 11 Aug 2014
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