Arthur explains reason for boycotting vote

Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur is seeking to explain his reasons for boycotting a leadership vote of the opposition Barbados Labour Party, BLP.



His successor as party leader, Mia Mottley, successfully called the snap party vote in an attempt to shore up her position.



Mr Arthur says his absence from the leadership vote was not because he plans to come back, but because he does not think the vote should have been called in the first place.



He claims that Ms Mottley\'s leadership problem was not simply within the BLP but due to a wider perception among the Barbados public at large.



Mr Arthur has blamed Mottley’s apparent failure to win over the public on natural transition issues and understandable nostalgic affection for a previous leader.