Over 1000 delegates cast their votes on the second day of the PPP/C’s 30th Congress yesterday for the 35 persons who will comprise the Central Committee, although the results will not be known until today.
The vote was not without some hiccups, as just prior to the delegates making their decision two candidates removed their names from the Central Committee candidate list of 99 persons. Head of the Accreditation Committee and Gecom Commissioner Mohamed Shaw stated that Hubert Rodney and Ulrich Ramanah would no longer be vying for a Central Commit-tee position although no reason was given.
Shaw revealed that it was possible that some of the 1097 delegates set to vote would not be allowed to do so, as they had lost their delegate’s identification cards. He said that so far one person had come