a snap election now like it needs a hole in the head''.

And he suggested on Monday Premier the Hon. Sir John Swan should lose the right to call an election arbitrarily.

Mr. Darrell accused Sir John of using election fever for political purposes -- and to stoke his own ego. He said he could be exploiting the election guessing game to draw attention from social problems.

Mr. Darrell said the NLP welcomed a poll as an opportunity to increase its representation.

But he added: "We we are not prepared to allow our ambitions to come before the welfare of the Country as has been demonstrated by the other political parties.''