Jagdeo defends wealth, benefits

Bharrat Jagdeo (right) and PPP Secretary Zulfikar Mustapha at the press conference

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday defended his palatial home and contentious presidential benefits package, saying he was sure that the late President Cheddi Jagan would not have wanted his ministers living in an underprivileged manner.

Further, Jagdeo stressed that since he demitted office over three years ago