The Jagdeo Doctrine

Oct 26, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

(Kaieteur News) – The Jagdeo Proposition is on the table. It’s the Sabbath. Sometimes they extend to Monday. time of introspection, then connection to upstairs. What better time to give Dr. Jagdeo’s offer some careful consideration? Politics or purity of purpose… Timely, after 60 years; but is it the real deal? There it is: PPP-PNC fusion. Has potential, but only if true to its core.

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In contemplating the Jagdeo Proposition, the preference is for the Jagdeo Doctrine. The former is too much of street soliciting; the latter more statesmanlike. He was a head of state, it must be noted. Note also something I have said many times: no man is beyond redemption. Brother Jagdeo is in need of a whole lot of redemption, given his record, which is why I pray for him daily (and the other chap also). Plus, the four others on the other side: Norton, Campbell, Mohamed, Walton-Desir (Ms.). If he is the genuine article, the PPP General Secretary is the right man. Elaboration. Recall the last Local Government Elections. ‘The PPP is a forgiving party.’ Wasn’t me that said so, but the man himself. Hence, former PNC Mayor Lady Patricia Chase-Green welcomed into the PPP fold. Recall again the 2025 elections. Another PNC stalwart, one who got hosed with rubber warheads for the PNC, finding a new home in the PPP cup. The symmetry is immaculate, nicely glossed, and a well-packaged Jagdeo secret. He holds those close; available for use should men behave radically.