Jagdeo unmoved by petition for him to be PM candidate

Bharrat Jagdeo

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that while thousands in Berbice have reportedly petitioned asking that he runs in the upcoming election as the PPP/C’s Prime Ministerial candidate he was not interested.

“My position remains unchanged,” Jagdeo told Stabroek News yesterday when asked if he will consider a return given the purported numbers on the petition lobbying for him. It is unclear who is the driving force behind the petition.

Jagdeo had told this newspaper before that he was not interested in a third term in office and further relayed through Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon that he