2008 Trinidad and Tobago presidential election
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Indirect presidential elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 11 February 2008.[1]
The incumbent George Maxwell Richards was expected to be reelected after being approved as the only nominee by 15 MPs on 4 February 2008.[2]
The election was held through an electoral college consisting of a joint sitting of the two houses of parliament consisting of 73 representatives,[3] and Richards was reelected as expected.[4]
The Opposition party nominated no candidate, in part as a protest to a foregone conclusion of the result and a boycott of the process.
References
[edit]- ^ Electoral Calendar- world elections,US elections,presidential election,world parties
- ^ Caribbean Net News: Trinidad president to get second five-year term in office Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad classifieds, Trinidad TV, Sports, Business
- ^ Jamaica Gleaner News - Richards re-elected Trinidad president - Tuesday | February 12, 2008 Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine