PPP/C wants assurance by president before engagement on constitutional reform – Jagdeo

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo  on Monday said before his party commences consultations on constitutional reform, President David Granger must assure that any commitment made during the engagements will be “seriously considered” as the PPP/C is not in the business of “wasting time.”

Jagdeo accused the government of not taking the issue of constitutional reform seriously and asserted that it was for that specific reason that Prime Minister Moses Nagmootoo has been placed in charge of the process.

“The president needs to give a commitment that whatever comes out of this body will be seriously considered. We got the impression that they have sent it to Nagamootoo for it to die a healthy death…,” he told a news conference on Monday, while also claiming that anything that