The political system of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago is certainly no political world power. But the political system of this Caribbean country is bizarre and unique. Government and opposition have the same number of seats in parliament. How did this happen? Let me explain it so... Trinidad and Tobago is a multicultural country. The population has African and Indian descendants in equal shares. In addition you find different ethnic minorities like chinese, arabian and white people... Some results of this are... Beauty Queens, a large cultural diversity and a stand-off in parliament. Election behaviour depends strongly on ethnic group membership... ... African people vote PNM... ... Indian people vote UNC... And the voting system is... ... the Westminster System. The winner of each constituency goes to parliament. What is the result of the elections from December 2001? 18 seats PNM - 18 seats UNC Is this surprising? Not really! But what are the consequences? The two parties don't cooperate... ... President Robinson appoints Mr. Manning of the PNM as Prime Minister... ... but he has no majority in the parliament... no decision can be made - both parties are blocking each other. Solutions? A constitutional reform: a proportional voting system or an uneven number of seats is needed... ... or fresh elections... ... and if there is a stand-off again after fresh elections... ... then Trinidad and Tobago might finally be a Carnival and Election Country... ... once a year Carnival and once a year elections... ... There have been elections in October 2002 and the PNM won with 20:16 seats and has now a majority in parliament... Please click here for further information about Tobago... back... to the homepage... Here you find further links to different websites... Ferienwohnungen und Ferienhäuser auf Sardinien... ... vermittelt Unterkünfte auf Sardinien und ist Ihr individueller Ansprechpartner... Holzbackofen, Steinbackofen, Pizzaofen... die Häussler bietet Ihnen Holzbacköfen, Pizzaöfen, Elektro-Steinbacköfen, Getreidemühlen, Nudelmaschinen und vieles mehr... www.haeussler-exklusiv.de Holzbackofen, Steinbackofen, Pizzaofen etc. www.birgitswelt.de www.1a-chiptuning.de Chiptuning für Audi, VW, BMW, Mercedes und Porsche. Fragen Sie Ihren Chiptuning-Spezialisten im Raum Rhein-Neckar... Urlaub auf Sardinien... ... mieten Sie sich Ihr Ferienhaus oder Ihre Ferienwohnung auf Sardinien... Reisen Sie nach Sardinien... Hier finden Sie viele Informationen über Ferienhäuser und Ferienwohnungen auf Sardinien... www.ich-bin-urlaubsreif.de Sind Sie reif für den Urlaub? www.turq.com Tobago Sunrise - individuelle Reisen in die Karibik... Vermittelt Hotels, Villen und Resorts in der Karibik...