President Ali instructs demolition of National Unity Monument

May 11, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is with grave concern and urgency that I write this letter. On Monday 9th of May, I was informed by Mr. Liverpool, acting on the instruction of President Irfaan Ali that the National Unity Monument be demolished as it poses a threat to Guyana’s National Security.
The PPP had long since wanted to demolish the Monument but since it was Election year 2015 and the outcry that came from the diaspora and articles carried in the Kaieteur News and Stabroek News caused them to retract their position.
Now Mr. Liverpool has the audacity to tell me that the National Trust will have to give permission because it is the instruction of the Executive Authority. So the Guyana National Trust which is supposed to protect this Historic site must now permit the PPP government to demolish it as a threat to the National Security of Guyana. After making Art an object of ridicule with its impaled “Eagle”, they will spare no effort to destroy the only Monument that embodies Guyanese History and Cultural Diversity.
As a Guyanese Artist who has gained National and International accreditation for my work, when I returned to Guyana I built that Monument out of my own savings. It is an embarrassment to the PPP that has never given anything or built anything for this country. All they have ever done is to take and take all sustenance from the Guyanese Nation and to destroy anything that they view as a threat to their Divide and Rule.
Will Guyanese allow the PPP which has shown that it has absolutely no interest in National Unity to destroy the National Unity Monument, which on June 13th of this year will be 27 years and can possibly endure another 100 years long after the PPP has gone. I was 41 years of age when I constructed that Monument, today I am 68 years old.
The PPP is aware that our Cultural and Historical Heritage can provide a basis for the Reconciliation of Guyanese society and they seek to undermine the process in every way possible.
Yours Faithfully
Desmond Alli (Architect of the National Unity Monument)

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