But the high number of changes and firings of ministers in this administration also raises questions about the selection process adopted by political parties and their leaders to arrive at people truly capable of meeting all of the expectations that go with the holding of public office.
Faced by a number of hard political realities, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar had little wiggle room and did what had to be done: fire Minister Glenn Ramadharsingh.With a general election constitutionally due by May of 2015 and with the Government having made so many serious political and administrative errors, many of which are yet to be fully explained and accounted for, leaving those "errors" in the realm of possible corruption and nepotism, the PM simply could not add another.
To have allowed one of her obviously favourite ministers to walk away from what he himself admitted was quite disorderly and unbecoming behaviour on an aircraft would have been unforgivable.
Also, the PM could not ignore the call of the secretary general of the Maha Sabha to fire Dr Ramadharsingh, understanding that Mr Maharaj holds a powerful electoral hand with his influence amongst large numbers of Hindus, the base support of the United National Congress.Mr Maharaj indicated that if she did not fire Dr Ramadharsingh, "We will have a hell of a fight, because he will be an embarrassment in the re-election of the Government."
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