Political scientist and senior lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Dr Bishnu Ragoonath, is unsurprised by the recent switches within the United National Congress (UNC) as it continues to try to fill out its slate ahead of nomination day on April 4.

In a telephone interview, Ragoonath said he was not surprised by the shifts and admitted he expected to have seen it sooner.

"The UNC leadership has always said that they are going to try to bring about some degree of change, and the fact that they are going to try to pull up some of these people and put some new faces in, that's part and parcel of the process.