Veteran PPP insider Clement Rohee was yesterday unanimously elected as General Secretary of the party after President Donald Ramotar declined to seek another term and former President Bharrat Jagdeo has made it into the pivotal Executive Committee (ExCo).
Rohee’s preferment would be seen as a recognition of his years in the trenches for the PPP but analysts say it also signalled the beginning of the search for a new presidential candidate for the next general election and a consequential limiting of Ramotar’s influence.
With Jagdeo and a number of his protégés and confidantes on the ExCo, analysts say the