For­mer prime min­is­ter Dr. Ralph Gon­salves, whose Uni­ty Labour Par­ty (ULP) was de­feat­ed in Thurs­day’s gen­er­al elec­tion af­ter 25 years in of­fice, say the par­ty is very much alive and he will re­turn to Par­lia­ment as Leader of the Op­po­si­tion.

Gon­salves con­ced­ed de­feat in an ad­dress on Sat­ur­day, but of­fered no spe­cif­ic con­grat­u­la­tions to the new Prime Min­is­ter God­win Fri­day, or the New De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty (NDP), which won 14 of the 15 seats in the uni­cam­er­al par­lia­ment.

He spoke in omi­nous terms about the new NDP ad­min­is­tra­tion, even as on­ly the prime min­is­ter has been sworn in, with the cab­i­net ex­pect­ed to be sworn in next week.