Outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo today lambasted Moses Nagamootoo, saying he is someone who does not deserve to be respected.
“He didn’t get the top job so he jumped ship and we got to treat him as such. We gotta treat him in the way that he deserves,” he told a sizeable gathering outside Freedom House moments after the PPP/C handed in its list of candidates for the November 28 elections.
“We knew then and we know now that he did not have pride in his belly,” Jagdeo said in his first direct attack on Nagamootoo for leaving the party and joining forces with the Alliance for Change.
“All this big loud talk on the air, he didn’t have character. He didn’t have commitment because anyone who one talks Cheddi Jagan’s language and then jumps ship does not deserve any respect and I hope none of you respect him,” he said
According to Jagdeo, Nagamootoo who was a long serving member of the PPP/C always wanted to be president and vice president. He claimed Nagamootoo had lied on Cheddi Jagan, claiming that he had selected him to be the next president.
He went on to say that Nagamootoo lied again when he said that former president Janet Jagan and he (Jagdeo) had promised him the vice presidential slot. “Of course he was lying and Janet exposed him and now you can see the ambition in the man. He has moved onto the AFC and they induced him by offering vice president,”
Jagdeo said AFC has nothing to offer because “they will lose the elections”.
He said the comrades on the ground have to see who the real Nagamootoo is.
Later, Jagdeo, amidst cheers from the crowd said that a leader who can take our country forward, a person who is positive about the future, a person who wants to ensure that all Guyanese live together and have a better life, is what is needed.
“This is what the PPP family is about and that is why today we are so successful, that is why when you look at this crowd, you see the faces of Guyana. This is what PPP is about and so I ask you to be proud of your party,” he said.
He urged them to understand that the work is only now beginning. “We are now in the sprint phase so I hoping that all are you are prepared to do that,” he stressed.
