By Abigail Headley
President Irfaan Ali secured the highest number of votes of the 35 delegates elected to the Central Committee during the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) 32nd Congress.
While his score of 2,308 votes may suggest he is in prime position for the post of General Secretary of the party, Ali has already indicated that he has no interest in that position and more than likely Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo, who came in second with 51 votes less, will be returned to that role.
During a post-congress press conference yesterday, it was revealed that behind Ali and Jagdeo ,Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha was third with 2,174 votes, while Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat and Parliamentary Chief Whip Gail Teixeira earned the fourth and fifth places, respectively. Also, in the top ten were embattled former minister Nigel Dharamlall, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal, Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister Kwame Mc Coy, Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, and Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai, in that order.
