To­ba­go Cham­ber head and at­tor­ney at law, Mar­tin George says the rul­ing Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) is en­ter­ing the Gen­er­al Elec­tion from a “po­si­tion of strength and readi­ness,” while the op­po­si­tion and oth­er par­ties are still try­ing to get their hous­es in or­der.

He said the April 28 date is part of PNM elec­tion strat­e­gy. His com­ments come af­ter Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young an­nounced the elec­tion date, just a day af­ter be­ing sworn in.

“One can on­ly imag­ine that the in­ten­tion and think­ing be­hind the call­ing of the elec­tions with such a short lead time is def­i­nite­ly in­tend­ed to catch the op­po­si­tion, you know, maybe ei­ther un­awares or maybe flat-foot­ed, or maybe at least, cer­tain­ly not ready yet with their full list of 41 can­di­dates,” George said.