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Jagdeo inclined to ‘still service’ Guyana after elections

Oct 06, 2011 News

 

…..also ponders lucrative offers overseas

Head of State Bharrat Jagdeo says that despite the many lucrative overseas offers made to him, he is more inclined to stay in Guyana and contribute more, after demitting office later this year following the 2011 General and Regional Election.
Jagdeo’s Constitutional term limits come to an end on December 28. The President is steadfast that Guyana will always have the first call on his energies, intellect and experience.
The Head of State was at the time speaking at Office of the President. He was asked to comment on his role in the party, government or as a private citizen following the election.
Jagdeo said that Guyana is his home and anything that he can do to advance the well being of the country will be a priority for him.
He did say that he is in receipt of a lot of offers overseas many of which are very lucrative and he is not sure as yet how he will relate to those.
“I like this country; I feel at home here…this is the place where I feel more comfortable and it has nothing to do with me being President.”
The President reiterated that he is inclined to spend most of his time in Guyana in his post presidential life.
He said that at present he has not completely settled his mind what his post election future holds and that he is currently just looking forward to a clean aggressive campaign in the run up to election.
Jagdeo has thrown his political weight for that campaign behind the People’s Progressive Party Civic Presidential Candidate Donald Ramotar and insists that despite his integral role in many of the large scale projects that will transition into the post election period Ramotar, if successful will be independent of him.
“Given my strong involvement in a lot of these projects doesn’t mean that Donald (Ramotar) cannot be independent …he is a strong person he will have to chart the way forward,” according to Jagdeo.
Jagdeo says that he does not see any problem or infringement to the independence of Ramotar’s Presidency, with him (Jagdeo) or some other persons helping to get some of the projects implemented.
He suggested that what is needed from persons such as him in a post-election period, should Ramotar succeed, “is backroom work to get these things happening,” Jagdeo said, referring to the projects.
“If me or anyone else… we help to get a couple of these projects implemented, how will this infringe on his (Ramotar) independence? We have always acted as a collective.”
Jagdeo says that he knows that the view that Ramotar would not be able to operate independent of him is being peddled given that there are a lot of people that are worried that he would be around after elections.
Jagdeo has been the President of Guyana since August 1999. Prior to his presidency he was Minister of Finance and became President after the Late Janet Jagan resigned for health reasons; he has since won two elections, in 2001 and 2006.
Jagdeo was born in Unity Village on the East Coast of Demerara.
He joined the youth wing of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), the Progressive Youth Organization, when he was 13, and became a member of the PPP itself at age 16. He subsequently rose to local leadership positions in the party.
Jagdeo in recent years has also been linked to a litany of corruption allegations despite his popularity in many circles.

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