ENERGY Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal attributes Ralph Gonsalves’ defeat in the the St Vincent and the Grenadines general election on November 27, to his criticisms of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s support for US military deployment in the southern Caribbean.

Gonsalves’ United Labour Party (ULP) was defeated 14-1 by the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the election. He was the lone ULP candidate to survive the wrath of the electorate.

During debate on a private motion in the House of Representatives on November 28, Moonilal, said, “He (Gonsalves) paid the ultimate political price of being devastated.”