Nagamootoo, Anthony off PPP Executive

Moses Nagamootoo	Dr. Frank Anthony

The People’s Progressive Party recently elected its Executive Committee and Dr. Frank Anthony and Moses Nagamootoo were not among those elected to the top brass of the party.

Donald Ramotar was once again elected, unopposed, as General Secretary of the party, while Ali Baksh, Komal Chand, Navin Chandrapal, Clinton Collymore, Jagan Janet, Bharrat Jagdeo, Roger Luncheon, Zulfikar Mustapha, Harripersaud Nokta, Reepu Daman Persaud, Robert Persaud, Ulric Ramanah, Ralph Ramkarran, Clement Rohee and Gail Teixeira were all elected executive members.

President Jagdeo scored the highest number of votes followed closely by Roger Luncheon, Clement Rohee, Gail Teixeira, Janet Jagan, Robert Persaud and Ralph Ramkarran.

Irfan Ali, Ganga Persaud and Pauline Sukhai were elected candidate members to the executive committee.

Both Dr. Anthony and Nagamootoo secured high votes at the party’s recently concluded 29th congress.

Kaieteur News was told that both men were disappointed, with Nagamootoo departing the meeting even before it had concluded.

Judging from the composition of the executive, the likely candidates for the 2011 elections are Donald Ramotar, Ralph Ramkarran and Robert Persaud, although it is not a foregone conclusion that the presidential candidate will come from the executive. This newly elected executive will decide on the 2011 presidential candidate.

The meeting also elected Janet Jagan as editor for ‘Thunder’ and the editorial board which consists of Donald Ramotar, Ralph Ramkarran, Moses Nagamootoo, Lawrence Rodney, Navin Chandarpal, Hydar Ali, Kellawan Lall, Irfan Ali, Clinton Collymore and Clement Rohee.

The new secretariat is composed of General Secretary, Donald Ramotar; Organising Secretary, Ulric Ramanah; Education Secretary, Hydar Ali; Mass Organization Secretary, Robert Persaud and Finance Secretary, Irfan Ali.

Dr. Frank Anthony was elected as Culture and Youth Secretary while Gail Teixeira was elected as Governance Secretary.

The Controls Commission comprises Navin Chandrapal, Komal Chand and Clinton Collymore.

President Jagdeo received the overwhelming majority of the votes cast at the congress, with former President Janet Jagan and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony, securing the second and third largest blocks of votes.

The elections were held to decide the new batch of 35 members to the Central Committee as well as five Candidate Members.

A total of 913 votes were cast from a list of 1020 delegates.