At 65 and generally felt to be in fairly good health one might have thought that Donald Ramotar departed the political centre stage far too early though, in as sense, it was he who ‘called time’ on his own presidency. On the other hand there are some who might contend that the long-serving People’s Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary was an unlikely President anyway and that his anointing only came about on account of the fact that he was virtually the ‘last man standing’ amongst the old guard of the Party.
As President he always bore a greater resemblance of a portly grandfather (until he begun to lose a considerable amount of weight during the latter period of his presidency) rather than the nation’s Chief Executive. As a public figure his profile was strikingly low-key and it was Ramotar himself who gave credence to the widely held
