The newly constituted Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) convened its first meeting today, May 7, at Freedom House, during which Bharrat Jagdeo was unanimously re-elected as the General Secretary. So said the party in a release.
The committee also elected 18- Central Committee members to the Executive Committee, consisting of Dr. Irfaan Ali, Zulfikar Mustapha, Anil Nandlall, Dr. Frank Anthony, Vickram Bharrat, Collin Croal, Nigel Dharamlall, Neil Kumar, Shyam Nokta, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, Donald Ramotar, Clement Rohee, Dharamkumar Seeraj, Pauline Sukhai, and Gail Teixeira as full members. Kwame Mc Coy, Anand Persaud, and Ricky Ramraj were elected as candidate members.
Zulfikar Mustapha was re-elected as Executive Secretary and Dr. Irfaan Ali as the Finance Secretary. The other Secretaries will be elected at the next Central Committee meeting.
The 32nd PPP Congress, took place from May 3 to 5 at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, under the theme “Strengthen the Party, Defend Guyana, Unite Our People for Progress and Prosperity.”