Pro­gres­sive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Pa­tri­ots (PDP) leader Wat­son Duke yes­ter­day stayed mum on his par­ty’s plans for Jan­u­ary 12 THA elec­tion, and two po­lit­i­cal an­a­lysts be­lieve his ac­tion may sig­nal the end of his decade-long po­lit­i­cal ca­reer.

Duke has bare­ly said a word since his de­feat in the April 28 Gen­er­al Elec­tion, and even more so af­ter Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar re­vealed that he had asked her for a job.

Con­tact­ed by Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day for a com­ment on his par­ty’s fu­ture af­ter Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine an­nounced the elec­tion date on Mon­day night, Duke de­clined to com­ment, say­ing he will “break his si­lence when he is ready and when the time is right.”