Ramkarran exit a dark day for politics

Ralph Ramkarran

AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan has described the resignation of Ralph Ramkarran from the PPP as a dark day for politics and while senior members of the PPP/C remained mum yesterday on the shock departure sources said efforts are being discussed to have the former Speaker of the National Assembly return to the fold.

“I don’t think you would get a comment from me or any member of the PPP,” was the blunt response from executive member of the party and Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud when contacted yesterday by Stabroek News for a comment on Ramkarran’s resignation on Saturday.

Efforts to contact several other key members of the party for a comment proved futile and Ramkarran himself could not be reached for a comment. Freedom House said on Saturday that