Ramotar all the way

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Dear Editor,

At last it has happened! Donald Ramotar has been selected by the People’s Progressive Party to lead the party at the upcoming elections, due later this year. The PPP could not have chosen a better person to be its presidential candidate, and there is no question of Ramotar’s ability to discharge the duties of the office to the satisfaction of the entire electorate.

I believe that he has already walked half that journey, having been at the helm of the largest political party in the country as its manager first, and later as the party’s general secretary, following the death of President Cheddi Jagan.

I think there are two more battles left for Ramotar. The first is for his party to win the elections, which, according to his party’s lieutenants, is made easy by his selection as presidential candidate. If his party wins the elections, then the other battle will begin in earnest. The other battle is that he will be required to lead the entire country.

But he has been moving around enough recently with President Bharrat Jagdeo, and already he must have got an insight of some of the more intricate tasks of running the affairs of this country. We know for a fact that every individual has his or her own leadership style; but whatever style Ramotar chooses to adopt, it is hoped that he recognises that the interest of the people of this country takes precedence, and that he will continue to be a selfless fighter, as he is characterised by members and supporters of his party.

He has always struck me to be a person who could lead from the front, and the nation at large would be looking forward for astute leadership from this humble son of the soil, should his party win the next elections.

Cooperatively,

Samuel Clarke

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