Ok folks,
Anil was the favourite to win the Presidential Candidacy among some PPP supporters while the silent majority disagreed and waited to select a Candidate who will deliver a victory for the PPP.
You see, they saw Anil as a self serving politician who did not connect with the grassroots. He is intelligent and perhaps one of the sharpest legal mind in the Caribbean. An AG position fits his like a glove. A position that will be crucial in a new PPP administration especially with calls for constitutional reforms. He will serve his country with distinction in this capacity.
Anil should not be disappointed. He served his party well and has a lot to offer in his capacity as AG. He still has a tremendous deal to offer Guyana and I am certain that as a loyal party man, he will rise to the occasion.
Rewind back to American political history. Remember Al Gore ?
Despite being ten times more intelligent than President Bush Jr, he lost. Why did he lose ? Bill Clinton left a booming economy and was a wildly popular politician yet Gore lost. Gore chose to chart his own course and acted in a self serving manner, a trait seen in Anil. Gore chose to shove aside a popular Bill Clinton and ran on his own. He was defeated, a lesson of which Jagdeo is very well aware of.
You see, up to six months ago, Anil was working closely with Jagdeo and for whatever reasons, he decided to go solo and run for the leadership and lost. This does not lessen him as a person but makes him stronger for the next battle.
It's done and over and the PPP now has to close ranks. The PNC leadership race to elect Granger was 1,000,000 times worse but yet the PNC came together and won a controversial election which is still yet to be decided by the courts for a recount.
The PPP would have seen an Al Gore style defeat had Anil been the PPP Presidential candidate but a victory is guaranteed with Ali. Jagdeo is a brilliant tactician and will frame the election campaign in favour of the PPP.
Ramotar ran a terrible campaign while the AFC PNC ran a brilliant campaign with the youths being at the forefront who have since abandoned them. They also used social media brilliantly during their campaign. The PPP website looked as if it was designed and slapped together by a twelve year old.
Anil would have ran a similar old style and outdate PPP campaign. All of this will change with Ali. He is already on the campaign trail ! He went to his hometown of Leonora and will be in Canada on February 01 with our fellow Canadian Gail at his side. Ali is a brilliant politician !
His campaign will be modern with the use of social media playing an important part of the campaign and he will hit the ground across Guyana like we have never seen any other politician perform before. He is young, hungry, strong, intelligent, will create jobs, govern to modernize the economy and bring much needed economy prosperity to ALL Guyanese.
Imagine the PNC has an old, hapless and sick Presidential Candidate running again ! Their team consists of old men with zero vision, hungry for a pension and one step closer to their graves running for election !
This should be a cake walk for Ali but knowing his style, he will leave no stone unturned to win the Presidency.
Good Luck to Ali. I will be at the fundraising dinner to listen to him and Gail present their platform to Guyanese Canadians. This is very smart move because Canada has played a very important role in political landscape of Guyana.
ANUG, Shoeman and the rest are still inflating flat tires while the PPP is burning tires (thanks to Base for this).
I call on all PPP supporters to close ranks and appeal to anyone who never voted PPP to give them a try. AFC PNC are hapless !
You can get the Canadian fundraising dinner tickets by calling:
Shameer 416-219-4728
Ray: 416-315-2586
( I am not affiliated with nor do I represent the PPP or any Candidate, I just love the PPP)
Yuji22