Biography of mickela panday

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MICKELA Panday has promised to continue the political legacy of her father, former prime minister Basdeo Panday.

She did so in a video posted on her Facebook page on January 28.

Panday, 90, died in the US on January 1.

He had gone there in mid-December for medical treatment.

In the video, Mickela said, "As a young man it was my father's dream to see our country united. It was a struggle that he never gave up on."

She recalled that throughout his career in public life, Panday worked tirelessly to improve the conditions of the poor and the powerless, achieve equality for all, end discrimination, educate young people and empower women.

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"It is this belief, the willingness to always put country before self and party, that made him a true, humble, iconic patriot."

Mickela said the Panday family has been moved by the outpouring of love and support they received from so many people when her father di