Long accused of straying from the values espoused by late presidents Dr Cheddi Jagan and Mrs Janet Jagan, the PPP/C scrambled to put a Jagan on the party’s list of representatives for the May 11 general election, but the opposition coalition APNU+AFC has a Jagan in its camp too.
Cheddi and Janet’s son Cheddi (Joey) Jagan Jr has endorsed the APNU+AFC coalition, while Dr Clive Jagan, a nephew of the late president is on the PPP/C’s list. The Jagan name still resonates in sections of the country and on the campaign trail both parties have been extolling the virtues of the late presidents.
However, with the late Dr Jagan having founded the PPP, that party has the most to lose and was forced on the