Latest update December 21st, 2024 1:52 AM
Ashton Chase laid to rest
Kaieteur News – One of the founders of the precursor to the People’s Progressive Party Ashton Chase, OE, SC, who died early Tuesday morning at the age of 96, was on Friday laid to rest.
The funeral service for the former Member of Parliament was held at Parliament Buildings, Stabroek, Georgetown.
Delivering his tribute, President Irfaan Ali described the late Chase as a simple and humble man who selflessly dedicated his life to Guyana.
“We are celebrating a man who had all the attributes of integrity, a man who constituted the social, political, and economic development of our country… who has shaped the lives of many Guyanese, but more importantly, has shaped the course of the history of our country, and has shaped it in a form in which today, we enjoy a free and democratic society,” the president expressed.
President Ali also described Chase as a legend, one who shied away from attention despite the many lives he impacted, as well as one who stood up for justice and offered his services whenever he felt there was an injustice.
Attendees at the funeral service of the late Ashton Chase, OE, SC
“At the time when he would have led the movement for workers and for political freedom and democracy, it is important for us to understand that that was the era of ideological positioning, and we cannot divorce the ideological debate and discussions that characterised that era,” said the Head of State.
He continued: “That is what positioned the thinking and work of people like Comrade Chase in the global context. Because they were part of a global conversation in which philosophical and ideological positions were debated in the interest of service to humanity and we must not forget that,” President Ali further stated.
The President said the intellectual work that characterised the lives of Guyana’s founding members, including Chase, showed the brilliance of their thinking in speech and writing, and therefore, their work must not be forgotten as an important part of Guyana’s history.
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