President Donald Ramotar yesterday said that he was more than frustrated by the opposition during the three years of his presidency and pleaded with voters to return his party with a majority at upcoming elections.
In a speech, which lasted for over 40 minutes and towards the end saw persons walking out of the Babu John cemetery, the president blasted the opposition’s action in the last Parliament. “What I did not have in the opposition benches was patriots… not one day did they say ‘Ramotar build more roads in Berbice’ not one single day, ‘build more school, hospitals’…” Ramotar told the gathering of hundreds of PPP supporters, some trucked and bussed in from various parts of the country.
The occasion was the annual commemoration of the lives of the two late Presidents Cheddi and Janet Jagan at the Cheddi Jagan memorial at Babu John, Port Mourant, Berbice. The occasion served as a kick-start for the PPP’s campaign for the May 11 general elections. Most ministers of government were present but remained somewhat unmoved as