Despite his party’s continued campaign against the involvement of ex-security officials in the opposition coalition, President Donald Ramotar has issued an appeal to the members of the disciplined forces, urging them to vote for him when they take to the polls on Saturday.
“I ask you in all humility to once again repose your confidence in the PPP/C by re-electing me, Donald Ramotar,” he writes in an open letter that has been published as a paid political advertisement.
In the letter, Ramotar says that since assuming office, the PPP/C has tried to address the concerns of the army, the police force and the prison service, particularly through investments in resources and training. He says too that successive administrations have