Mr. Ramkarran lacks political courage

Apr 08, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
Last month I wrote a letter in which I talked about Ralph Ramkarran and Moses Nagamootoo and their prospects in the presidential selection process in the PPP and in SN blog section for “letters”, Mr. Ramkarran wrote a blog accusing me of “drinking soup” and insinuating that I was looking out for some kind of hand-out from this government.
Mr. Editor, if I was a political soup drinker, I’d be a “big man” in the PPP hierarchy and as I answered him, I have never done any soup drinking because it’s against my religion and steadfast view of the political situation in this country.
But the die is cast now, and Mr. Ramotar is the PPP’s candidate and Ramkarran has already began to “drink soup” in a real hurry; he was in such a hurry that he gave up his quest for the presidency without even a fight or even an abstention from the “unanimous” selection. I wonder if Ramkarran will do this the rest of his political life or stand up for the things he elaborated in his quest to be president of Guyana? My guess is that, as I said before, he does not have the political courage to fight for the things he thinks are good for our country and will disappear into the fog of political nothingness.
Mr. Editor, the saga of Ramkarran’s long and futile quest to lead the PPP into the next election is one in which we can all look at as an education for all of us who are interested in politics; the lesson to be learnt is that if political courage is lacking in an individual who aspires to lead, then that person will fail, always. When political courage is lacking, then “soup drinking” takes over.
Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr)

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