Ramesh to return with new political party

RAMESH LAWRENCE MAHARAJ is not giving up hope of seeking high political office again and to this end the former Attorney General is working feverishly to form a new political party. Maharaj, who leaves for New York this morning where he will address Trinidadians living there, said yesterday that a new political vehicle is in the making in Trinidad and Tobago.

Maharaj is still leader of National Team Unity (NTU), a political group he created when he broke ranks in 2000 with the then ruling United National Congress government. NTU is now apparently defunct, but speaking to Newsday yesterday, Maharaj said that his new political vehicle will be a “shocker” to the political landscape in which there would be new personalities and a new vision. Maharaj promised that the country would indeed be surprised with the party and its policies. A draft constitution of the party has already been formulated and according to Maharaj, a technical team is currently reviewing it. The new party is expected to be launched next year in what Maharaj described as a massive exercise in changing the political culture of Trinidad and Tobago.

“I guarantee that it will be something that will capture the imagination, hearts and minds of the people,” Maharaj said. Expressing great optimism about his new political move, Maharaj said that he had no doubt that the new political vehicle would form the next Government in 2007. Maharaj said he is expected to address about 500 citizens in New York at Radio City. While there, he said he intends to hold talks with former United States Congressman Mervyn Dymally about current political events in this country.