Basdeo Panday and UNC MP's have done the right thing in discounting the recent poll. On the surface one can be misled to believe that the poll was conducted in a highly academic manner. I lshare the views of the Leader of the Opposition and UNC MP's in questioning the integrity of the poll.

Firstly, the number of people polled is surprisingly low. My Professors at the University of Tennessee were surprised to learn that way below four hundred people were interviewed from that large body of electorate. This is not the way to conduct a survey of this sort. It is an embarassment to Statisticians everywhere.

No credible information was presented to the public about the type of questions asked and the manner in which the pollstars carried out their interviews. To be blunt, this was a grand display of "backwardness, and non-thinking" I've seen in quite a while.

It appears to be that the polls were designed to elicit a particular response. The present Administration knows that the only strong political figure in Trinidad and Tobago who can intimidate them is Basdeo Panday.

It is quite clear that this government is totally unable to govern Trinidad at this time. Trinidad and Tobago is returning to the days prior the NAR election victory. The stage is being set however for another government to serve the people.