DAYS after losing following a Caribbean Cout of Justice ruling Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo says he will not assess anyone who throws their hat in the race to be People’s Progressive Party (PPP) presidential candidate, saying he will have his say when the Central Executive Committee of the party meets.

“Everyone who believes he or she has qualities and there might be eight or nine people who think they can make a good President can do so,” Jagdeo told media operatives at his Church Street, Georgetown office on Thursday.
This was in response to young attorney-at-law and PPP member Charles Ramson Jr. who recently expressed his desire to be the presidential candidate for the party.
Jagdeo, who served two terms in office as President, was effectively disqualified from serving another term after the CCJ on Tuesday ruled in favour of the state in the case of the Attorney General of Guyana v Cedric Richardson.

Jagdeo who is also the General Secretary of the party said persons in the party who receive nominations will be placed in a ballot and the members of the Central Committee will vote. “Whoever emerges with the top vote, the entire party will support that person, that is how we work,” Jagdeo said.

He explained that for the past 25 years, the Central Executive Committee of the party has selected the candidate but the Congress decides on the list of people who would compete for the candidacy. He said that it is a democratic system which allows every nominated person the fair chance to contest for the candidacy.
Jagdeo said as general secretary he is ensuring everyone works throughout the entire country to address various issues. “Right now we have a huge number of our activists on the ground getting people to register and ensuring that they understand that they have to vote,” he said. “We only lost by 4,500 votes and when we checked in stronghold of the PPP we had people who had not registered or even voted.”

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