–Dr Jagdeo re-elected PPP General Secretary

VICE-PRESIDENT, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, was, on Monday, unanimously re-elected to the post of General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
This occurred when the party’s newly appointed Central Committee met for the first time at Freedom House, on Tuesday.

In addition to the election of the General Secretary, 18 persons from within the Central Committee were elected to serve on the Executive Committee.

Those persons appointed to the Executive Committee are Dr Irfaan Ali, Zulfikar Mustapha, Anil Nandlall, Dr Frank Anthony, Vickram Bharrat, Collin Croal, Nigel Dharamlall, Neil Kumar, Shyam Nokta, Dr Vindhya Persaud, Donald Ramotar, Clement Rohee, Dharamkumar Seeraj, Pauline Sukhai and Gail Teixeira.

Additionally, Kwame Mc Coy, Anand Persaud and Ricky Ramraj were elected as candidate members of the executive committee.
Mustapha was re-elected as Executive Secretary, and Dr Ali as the Finance Secretary while the other secretaries will be elected at the next Central Committee meeting.

According to a PPP press release, in an address at the meeting, Dr Jagdeo thanked the outgoing Central Committee members for their contributions and stressed that the recently concluded congress was a resounding success.

Following the conclusion of the PPP’s 32nd Congress last weekend, Dr Ali and Dr Jagdeo were at the top of the list of candidates voted into the party’s Central Committee.
Some 35 persons were elected to the Central Committee with an additional five persons elected as candidate members.

A number of the persons appointed to the Central Committee at the conclusion of the congress were “new faces” in the party’s leadership.

During the congress, President Ali hailed the leadership of Dr Jagdeo in the party and noted that he sacrificed every hour of his time for the PPP and to ensure that the PPP remains strong and resilient.

He added that Dr Jagdeo in that sacrifice ensured that the PPP remained the champion of the people of Guyana.