Political Leader of the Congress of the People (COP) Winston Dookeran says coalition politics is the way forward in a modern world. He dismissed claims by Prime Minister Patrick Manning that a coalition government would not work in T&T. Dookeran was speaking at the party's election meeting in El Dorado on Tuesday night.
"Coalition politics is the modern way in which countries are now organising their politics. Do not let him sidetrack you that a coalition cannot work," Dookeran said. He said coalition politics was what the rest of the world was looking at. Making reference to India's democratic governance, Dookeran said: "Even a country as large as India is being governed by a coalition of 13 parties." He said a coalition represented freedom and inclusion of the people and this was what the people's partnership (UNC Coalition) was offering. (DD)