The PPP’s Prime Ministerial candidate Elisabeth Harper spoke for the first time on the party platform yesterday and pledged her service to the nation.
Harper, who remains Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until the end of this month, spoke for less than three minutes and was received with applause from the crowd at the Cheddi Jagan Memorial held yesterday at Port Mourant, Berbice. For the remainder of the over two hours programme, she remained sitting on stage, rarely smiling. She sat between former President Bharrat Jagdeo who a few times leaned over to speak to her, and Prime Minister Samuel Hinds who, most of the time, kept his eyes closed.
“I pledge myself to dedicate my energies to building Guyana to a more prosperous nation,” Harper promised supporters. Dressed in a
