Analyst predicts early election for Trinidad
published: Thursday | June 8, 2006

MANNING

BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS (CMC):

Barbadian political analyst Peter Wickham is expecting Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning to take the twin-island republic to the polls this year.

While elections are not constitutionally due until next year, Wickham told the Caribbean Media Corporation that with much rallying happening on the ground, Manning could be preparing for an early poll.

"It makes a lot of sense politically because the window for elections in Trinidad and Tobago is a very short one," he said.