Prospective Presidential candidate for the incumbent Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP), Moses Nagamootoo is calling for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

This is the first that a senior party member has acknowledged that Janet Jagan was the de facto PPP leader, ending years of denial by many others such as that she was a "private citizen."

In this week's edition of Periscope on Politcs, Mr Nagamootoo says that now that the Jagans have gone, it's now time for a new mechanism to choose the presidential candidate. Other openly interested contenders are Donald Ramotar, Clement Rohee and Ralph Ram Karran.

Nagamootoo, however, rejected President Bharrat Jagdeo's contention that the existing mechansim would be used to choose the candidate.

Political Scientist, Professor David Hinds says the PPP is a changed political party from a political progressive movement to a political machinery.

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Hinds dismissed in-house Political Commentator, Lloyd King's prediction that Mr Nagamootoo will get a large support from a Congress Floor to become the PPP's candidate. Mr Hinds argues that the popularity for the party-executive differs from that of a presidential candidate because he may be perceived as someone who is willing to work closer with Blacks.

He also talked about the alleged involvement of death-squads and convicted cocaine trafficker, Roger Khan in hunting down heavily armed gangs.

While denying that he would use these shady characters, he said that he would use "unconventional means' to fight crime.

Professorn Hinds says Mr Nagamootoo is speaking to two different audiences.