Prelude To An Election?

May 2007 | Risk Summary

Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has told his supporters to get registered and be ready for an election campaign. According to the local press, Mitchell said that his party is 'oiling [the] machine' in preparation for the polls, but that he is not yet ready 'to pull the trigger'. The comments came at a rally for Mitchell's New National Party (NNP), at which he announced an increase in public sector wages over the course of the next three years - a move that appears to be a pre-election gambit for support. The NNP would be gunning for a fourth term in

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