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One Political Analyst says Dr Keith Rowley dodged the important issues during his sit down with the media aired on Thursday Night and says his legacy is one to be ashamed of.
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00:00On the matter of the handover of the reins of prime ministership, Dr Indira Rampersad
00:05says legality may not be the point of contention.
00:09I think the moral authority is the issue. How are the PNM supporters feeling about this
00:14handover and through undemocratic means. It's not really, it's top down, it's not really
00:20the people electing their leader. And it should be the leader of the party, you know, that's
00:26what 76A and B speak about. The leader of the party who commands the majority of support
00:31in the house should become the prime minister. And that is the democratic process they're
00:34talking about. So I think the rank and file, you know, the question needs to be asked is
00:40how do they feel about that? Are they feeling betrayed that the party was handed on to somebody
00:45they didn't elect?
00:46She says one action can be taken to correct the potential blunder.
00:50If Dr Rowley comes on Sunday on handover and announces that, you know, the parliament
00:56is going to be dissolved and he announces a date for the election, which he can very
00:59well do as his last hurrah, there would hardly be a case for challenge.
01:04But Dr Rampersad says while Dr Rowley could have stepped down from the political leadership
01:09and allowed his party to elect a new leader and call the election, thereby saving his
01:15full term, he chose not to.
01:17So it came in the wake of a spate of murders during Christmas, a spate, a series of murders.
01:23And he called a state of emergency at the same time as he announced he was demitting.
01:28So I think there was, I still think, and this is my belief, that there was pressure, pressure
01:35from the business sector on the one hand, and for all you know, I am guessing here,
01:40pressure also from the U.S. government on that whole arrangement with Maduro and the
01:45carbon gas deals.
01:46So I think there was both internal and external pressure, and if I may add, I think the position
01:54of the U.K. government now could have been one that is being, you know, the U.S. government
02:03is putting pressure on the U.K. to do that.
02:05She calls it strange and unprecedented that he's stepping down in the run-up to a general
02:10election.
02:12On the PM's statement during his sit-down with the media on Thursday night, when quizzed
02:16about his legacy, the prime minister said he must have done something good.
02:22But Dr. Rampersad says he needs to specify.
02:24He's leaving the health sector in a mess, he's leaving the security of the country in
02:33a mess, and he's leaving the economy in a mess, so you know, it's dire straits all around.
02:41So in terms of the legacy, yeah, in terms of the legacy, I mean, I don't know what is
02:50the positive out of it.
02:53All in all, his sit-down with the media, she says, deflected from the burning issues.
02:59She tried to gloss over a lot of the issues, such as crime and the economy in particular.
03:06And you know, it's basically that I did my best.
03:12So be it.
03:13You know, he's on exit.
03:14Keep that in mind.
03:15So I don't think it really matters.
03:16There's no need to politic anymore, although he was still making a pitch, you know, for
03:22himself and his legacy and his reign, although he claimed he was not interested in legacy.
03:28So for example, I thought his defense of the national security minister was lame, claiming
03:34that crime is not just about the minister, who is the minister, but who is the minister
03:38is driving the whole process.
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