No one in the PPP will now ever be able to speak to the Jagans’ simple and humble lifestyle and urge its emulation for fear of offending former president Bharrat Jagdeo who is in full control of the ruling party, former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has said.
Writing in his column in the Sunday Stabroek, Ramkarran said that the “crass and unworthy” attempt by Jagdeo to justify the size of his mansion by the sea and his gargantuan post-presidential benefits have taken away one of the PPP’s greatest assets from its public relations armoury, namely, the Jagan legacy of a modest lifestyle with integrity and humility. “Jagdeo said that their lifestyle was luxurious. No one in the PPP can now ever dare to say otherwise,” he wrote.
Jagdeo, a former two-term President said at a press conference he recently held “I don’t believe ministers should have to live in a logie to prove that they are not corrupt… Cheddi Jagan didn’t have to prove that by living in a logie.” This was his reply when asked if he believed that his posh home at Sparendaam and the rapid
