Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday disputed reports that his party received a hefty donation from Chinese company Baishanlin for its 2015 elections campaign.
Speaking at a news conference yesterday, Jagdeo said the company did not donate a cent to the party’s campaign.
He noted that he spoke with the PPP’s General Secretary and Campaign Manager and they both informed him that the company was not a campaign donor. He said he saw reports suggesting that the party received over $100M from the company and dismissed them as just rumours. “So much could be rumoured… can we go a little light on the rumours because most of these rumours go to the brunt of the PPP,” he said.
With reference to the vehicles seized by government from Baishanlin earlier this week Jagdeo, said he believed