Outrage continues to grow…Janet Jagan’s confidante slams Jagdeo’s mansion statements
Former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s attempts to justify his multi-million-dollar mansion in Pradoville 2, by comparing it to the home of Dr. Cheddi Jagan, is fast spiraling out of control and proving a public relations nightmare for the ruling party.
Bharrat Jagdeo
Joining the list of critics condemning Jagdeo is Sadie Amin, a former personal assistant and close confidante of Janet Jagan- who with her husband, Dr. Jagan, were both former Presidents.
Amin, in a letter to the editor published in Kaieteur News yesterday, wrote that the couple was legendary when it came to their frugality.
She had a simple message to Jagdeo: “Former President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, should stick to the old adage: If you don’t have anything good to say – SHUT UP!”
During an unusual press conference last week to defend his statements at Babu Jaan, Berbice, during a forum to honour Dr. Jagan, Jagdeo when asked to justify his mansion said that GovernmentMinisters do not have to live in logies to prove that they are honest. He said that Dr. Jagan lived in the upscale Bel Air area, but there were no questions about whether he was corrupt. He said that Jagan’s abode was not typical of all Guyanese and insisted that the area was a prime one.
Immediately, the comments sparked condemnation from former Executive Member of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Ralph Ramkarran, and later on, the Jagans’ daughter, Nadira Jagan-Brancier.
Amin, a lawyer, who said she worked by Mrs. Jagan for 10 years, said that whether the comments of Jagdeo were well intended as justification for the new dispensation of lifestyles for some of the ruling class, he should not
Janet Jagan
have invoked Dr. Jagan’s way of life.
