The PNM and Opposition Unity (Dr. Ghany, March 2006)

"One of the political mistakes made by the PNM in 1985 was to believe that Robinson, Hudson-Phillips and Panday could not unite to form a single party to wrest power from them by 1986.They did and they captured political power, but they never worked out their internal problems, and so they fractured internally in record time and then disintegrated gradually.The PNM cannot afford to believe that Dookeran, Panday, Maharaj and Warner will not unite in the face of a general election. Most likely, they will and they can; however, uniting for the sake of capturing political power is a cardinal error if that power cannot be sustained by unity based on principles."