One of this country’s leading political scientists, Dr George Belle is reporting promising signs of life from the Democratic Labour Party (DLP). But the former University of the West Indies (UWI) lecturer believes the organisation has a long way to go in presenting a viable opposition to the Mia Mottley administration.In fact, he believes the once celebrated party could count itself lucky to capture “three or four” seats in Parliament at the next General Election because of “persisting flaws that are problematic”.“I would say overall that there is an uphill struggle still in reconstruction. That seems to be more on its way now. I think that the present leader has contributed somewhat to that, but she is still carrying certain weaknesses in relation to her presence as a leader,” Dr Belle told Barbados TODAY.
