President Donald Ramotar yesterday announced that former President Bharrat Jagdeo will chair a new National Economic Council (NEC) to accelerate the modernisation agenda and that he would also help with the preparation of the PPP/C manifesto for the upcoming general elections.
Jagdeo would be working on a pro-bono basis, Ramotar said, and the council is to begin work “almost immediately.”
The surprise announcement came amidst growing speculation about Jagdeo’s role in the
