Then US Ambassador Roland Bullen cabled Washington on March 13, 2006 on how in his view President Bharrat Jagdeo had taken the election campaign on the low road and had tried to stir up public fear and leverage it into votes.
In a cable headed ‘Jagdeo taking campaign to low road’, Bullen commented as follows: “Jagdeo’s intent is transparent — to arouse the public’s fear and leverage that into votes. His distrust of the GDF, often expressed in private, is now bubbling to the surface.