Po­lit­i­cal Leader of the Na­tion­al Trans­for­ma­tion Al­liance (NTA), Gary Grif­fith, said his par­ty an­tic­i­pat­ed the April 28 elec­tion date and has been prepar­ing ac­cord­ing­ly.

“We have not been caught with our pants down. We have not been am­bushed. We an­tic­i­pat­ed this date, which is why we ac­tu­al­ly had our first ma­jor po­lit­i­cal meet­ing in St. Joseph just last week,” Grif­fith said. “We start­ed the cam­paign in ad­vance, an­tic­i­pat­ing April 28, where sev­er­al hun­dred per­sons at­tend­ed.”

Grif­fith sug­gest­ed that oth­er po­lit­i­cal par­ties call­ing for a gen­er­al elec­tion may not have been as pre­pared. “Be care­ful what you ask for. You may very well get it,” he said.