Pitting PPP leaders against each other?

Aug 12, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – This is my rejoinder to Ms. Sharmila Ally’s (KN Aug 9) castigation of the PPP, its General Secretary, Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. Is this an attempt to pit the two political giants against each other?
The writer recognises and praises Messrs Jagdeo and Nandlall for their substantive role in rehabilitating the PPP since 2015, catapulting it into office in 2020 – Jagdeo for political and Nandlall for legal acumen. Both are skilled in their respected fields, and their talents and expertise merged. As a political analyst, I feel they did what was required to get the party back in government. No doubt, these two giants are responsible for the PPP being democratically restored into office; without them, the party would not have been in office today. Others also played significant roles, some publicly and others quietly behind the scenes, and their contributions are not undervalued or underrated.
But while praising Jagdeo and Nandlall’s roles, Ms. Ally attempts to pit the two giants against each other, alleging unsubstantiated skullduggery in the selection of the Presidential nominee more than two years ago. Nandlall ran for the nomination within the PPP central committee; the party selected Dr. Irfaan Ali. The issue was long settled. The nominee was chosen a whole year before the election. Dr. Irfaan won the Presidency, illustrating the voters’ confidence in the party’s choice.
It does not serve the interest of the party or the government or the nation for Ms. Ally to try to pit one person against another. That is a strategy of political opponents – to create rift in the other side. One should encourage and promote unity. One recalls that rift led to PPP losing its majority in 2011 and ousted from office in 2015.
After the electoral victory in August 2020, as best as I was informed, the party made collective decision and appointment to parliament, cabinet, and government boards (as well as corporations). The President, the PM, the Vice President, the AG, and other Ministers have received very high approval ratings over the last year.
I wish to point out to Ms. Ally that several unidentified persons combated the attempted rigging in their own way. Intelligence gatherers provided critical information about the plan to rig, selection of judges for court cases, and expected judgments, etc. A few individuals confidentially collected and shared information with this writer; they used personal funds, to combat electoral fraud. Strategic measures were undertaken to successfully crush nefarious plots. The rigging was thwarted at each stage including at the GECOM level. Had key individuals not been involved in underground operations, the rigging would have been successful. Several unsung heroes, whose names would never be revealed to protect their identity, contributed to the declaration of the PPP/C as the winner of the 2020 elections.
Yours truly,
Vishnu Bisram

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