President Dr. Ali is Relentless in Advancing the Interests of Guyanese and Humanity Worldwide

May 21, 2023 Letters

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Dear Editor,

Since becoming a Cooperative Republic on February 23, 1970, Guyana has had ten presidents, nine of which had full executive powers and authority to govern the nation. The only non-executive president was His Excellency, Mr. Author Chung, who acted on and carried out the instructions of the late Prime Minister Forbes Burnham. During this period, the country was plagued with many problems ranging from economic, political, race riots, and the alleged claims by some of rigged of elections. And even though no one has been charged for the latter, the general perception is that from 1968 to 1992, the country experienced a period of undemocratic principles.

However, among the nine executive presidents is His Excellency, Honourable Dr. Mohammed Irfaan Ali who assumed the reins of power on August 2, 2020, after a prolonged period of five arduous, scary, and nerve-wracking months orchestrated by the Granger-led coalition regime who used every tactic, illegal and legal to remain in power. It did not work because the foreign observers, especially those from the United States, Britain and Canada knew from the inception that government of the day had won the election. Such conclusions were based on the statement of polls produced by GECOM and the PPP/C, while to this day, the APNU+AFC has not produced their statement of polls to the public.

Realising that the nation was seriously fractured with deep divisions between the supporters of both APNU+AFC and the PPP/C, President Dr. Ali knew that as the head of state, the country was divided and in disarray. And while there was no instructional manual of how to govern the country, President Dr. Ali in his address to the nation immediately after taking the oath of office, asked Guyanese at home and in the Diaspora for their support. It was one of his most sincere speeches, in which he told the nation that he will govern in the interest of all and that all Guyanese, regardless of race, ethnicity, or party affiliation will be involved in the development process of Guyana and that no one will be left out.

True to his word, him and the Prime Minister Brigadier Mark Phillips embarked on a countrywide out-reach tours to almost every town and village including some PNCR strong holds to hear the views of the people, solve their problems, heal the racial divide, and unite the country. Approaching three years in office, President Dr. Ali has established a pathway for the country that is dynamic and never seen before in the history of the nation. It is a pathway to prosperity and opulence for the people, thus reducing or ending poverty and homelessness in the country.

On the international scene, he has advanced some high-level policies that have made Guyana become one of the most recognizable countries in the Caribbean and the world. With its GDP hovering at about 43 percent due largely to huge oil revenues and with huge foreign and local investments and with peace and stability, Guyana is on pace to become one of the most prosperous nations economically in the undeveloped world, thus moving it from Global South (Third World) underdeveloped status to a Global North (First World) nation ranking.

During the past three years, President Dr. Ali has advocated several global policies including food, energy, and climate change security to protect the environment and promote the well-being and prosperity of the eight-billon people on earth. In his recent visit to Qatar to open the country’s second embassy in the Middle East, His Excellency repeated his call for food, energy, and climate security which he claimed is paramount for the existence of mankind. He also proposed some new ideas that would benefit all nations, developed and underdeveloped. Among them are his urgent and crucial appeal for a commitment by the developed countries to share their technology with the underdeveloped nations, diversification of the global economy, and the strengthening of relations at all levels; economic, cultural, and political to promote the prosperity of people throughout the world.

President Dr. Ali has become the first recipient of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) award for an outstanding job in managing the affairs of the country and for being a strong and vibrant advocacy on regional and global issues such as regional cooperation and integration, gender equality, food and energy security, the impact of climate change on nations, especially the undeveloped countries, and sustainable development among others. Some of the most prominent initiatives launched by President Dr. Ali at the regional level include his efforts to support member CARICOM states to achieve agricultural development, self-sufficiency in food, the revival of the aquaculture and the livestock industry. We are proud  to acknowledge the work of His Excellency and that he is deserving of such special award for his vision for a better Guyana and the world, his relentless effort to advance the interests of Guyana and the Caribbean globally and to improve the lives of humanity.

Sincerely,

Dr. Asquith Rose.

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• Dr. Asquith Rose., Dr. Mohammed Irfaan Ali, Forbes Burnham, Humanity, Prime Minister

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