Prime Minister and Political Leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) Dr Ralph Gonsalves has asked his supporters to be patient and to be ready when the date for the next General Elections is called.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the ULP\u2019s (ULP) second virtual political meeting on September 16, Gonsalves referred to the song \u2018Ring de Bell\u2019, written and performed by local Soca Artiste Rondy \u2018Luta\u2019 McIntosh.<\/p>\n
“Since then, the members and supporters of this great party have been clamoring for me to declare the election date\u2026in response, I have said to the people \u2018on your marks\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
“I will shortly advise our supporters, comrades and the Labour family “to get set,\u201d the Prime Minister continued.<\/p>\n
Gonsalves further said that in giving that advice, he expects the people to wait patiently, soberly and wisely for the bell.<\/p>\n
“Please do not hurry me\u2026. I am asking something instead of the Labour family. Be fully prepared, be fully prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n
And in his characteristic use of local idioms and references, Gonsalves declared, “As the son of a farmer, as a man who raised cattle and goat myself, as a man who represents a farming community, it ain\u2019t long rope that does heng cattle\u2026 is short rope. And the short rope would appear not too long from now. But before I bring out and get ready with the short rope to heng the metaphoric NDP cattle, I am asking the Labour family to be fully prepared,\u201d Gonsalves said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister and Political Leader of the Unity Labour Party (ULP) Dr Ralph Gonsalves has asked his supporters to be patient and to be ready when the date for the next General Elections is called. Speaking at the ULP\u2019s (ULP) second virtual political meeting on September 16, Gonsalves referred to the song \u2018Ring de Bell\u2019,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news","category-mainstory"],"yoast_head":"\n