?Po­lit­i­cal Leader of Con­gress of the Peo­ple (COP) Win­ston Dook­er­an is not rul­ing out the pos­si­bil­i­ty of uni­ty be­tween the COP and the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) with the elec­tion on Sun­day of Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar as po­lit­i­cal leader.

In­ter­viewed yes­ter­day, Dook­er­an, in con­grat­u­lat­ing Per­sad-Bisses­sar, said her win, "re­flect­ed a new page in the his­to­ry of pol­i­tics." He said her suc­cess re­flect­ed the com­ing to­geth­er of pol­i­tics and the peo­ple and it showed more peo­ple were now ready to em­bark on the process of get­ting pol­i­tics right. He said now was the time for a re­vival of po­lit­i­cal har­mo­ny.

When asked if there was­Bisses­sar had been elect­ed leader of the UN a pos­si­bil­i­ty of uni­ty be­tween the two par­ties now that Per­sad-C, Dook­er­an said he would be more than hap­py to en­gage in such dis­cus­sions. He, how­ev­er, said all dis­cus­sions be­tween the two par­ties, "should not be held be­hind closed doors"and in­sist­ed the pub­lic must be in­clud­ed in any ne­go­ti­a­tions be­tween the two. He said with all ob­sta­cles re­moved be­tween the two par­ties uni­ty could be a pos­si­bil­i­ty once an agreed up­on agen­da was pre­sent­ed and the pub­lic "em­braced" in all ne­go­ti­a­tions.