The Ali farm – from bankroller to blackmailer

Jul 11, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

Hard Truths by GHK Lall

(Kaieteur News) – Almost without exception, Guyanese across the board, are familiar about the kind of upstanding citizen and leader that Pres. Ali is. They have a good idea about the quality of his character, the beauties of his activities. Their leader is a winner. He touches mud and magic happens: many minerals massed on his table. I need some of that to rub off on me. Thus, I stay close to the president. As he goes, I go.

The man, main voice, from WIN, Mr. Mohamed dropped his aerial bombardment flush on the head of Mohamed Irfaan Ali. It’s the president and none other. Sparks have since flown. Shards of expensive plate glass whizzing dangerously close. The record shows that Pres Ali has not taken what WIN Mohamed shared publicly sitting down. He went on an offensive of his own. The land is ole story. There are loans. Documents to burst the archives. Pres Ali saved his secret weapon for last. It is one dipped in deadly curare: blackmail. Azruddin Mohamed delivered his message express mail. A U.S. carrier, I think. Pres Ali fired back even quicker. There’s his verbal delivery. Blackmail. Well, blow me down!

Wasn’t it the PPP of Ali, Jagdeo, and Nandlall, who once treasured the Mohamed Family above all else? Yes or no, folks? Was it not the PPP Govt. that turned against the Mohamed family that was so good to its members (bankrolled, remember?) And turned the father and son over to the tender ministrations of Uncle Sam. It would be helpful if any of the superstars in the Office of the President, including old Burnham ones, could say what kind of mail that is. Drink a man rum. Feast at his table. Dance to his music. Tek out selfees wid he. Collect he bankroll. Then, tun pun he. Wha is dah, white mail, greenmail, or blackmail? My interest is not in who blackmail who first. But how is it that blackmail enters the political frame? Pres. Ali is reported to be a very clever fellow. Therefore, he ought to know (or be advised) that the claim of blackmail doesn’t have much of a leg to stand on. Not when it’s open-air. Not when everyone is watching, listening, and following the sequence of actions. Because Pres. Ali enjoys such a special relationship with the U.S., he should reach out to Excellency Theriot and have her check with the FBI on the validity of what I assert.

Further, blackmail caan wuk, Mistah President. Not when there are documents. Like transport(s) for the Long Creek lands. Like the loan applications. Like the loan approvals with rubberstamps, revenues stamps, raised seals, authorised commercial bank personnel, and in the originals. I would hope that the loan officers and land officers have not all left Guyana to take up permanent residence in the U.S. in the last few days. Mohamed could tri wah evah blackmail he want. But a man of the resourcefulness and adaptability of Dr. Irfaan Ali has his own mail. They don’t give doctorates to dummies. It is not snail mail. It is not mail with a different kind of gender identifier. What Pres. Ali has is a mailed fist. Waan fuh mess wid mee? Ah readee!

The point I go to great lengths to make is that Pres. Ali doesn’t have to bluff. Or engage in any boisterous bacchanalian bravado. He has the best mail available. His standing with personal honesty. Incumbency advantage. The numerous tools and vast resources of the state (an oil rich state). Plus, the Guyanese people believe in him. Well, sort of, and only some. How many for him this week versus last week, that’s the question? Guyanese catching hell, and there’s no question about their condition. Pres. Ali has to ride beyond the blackmail he claims and put out the cleanest slate. If there are hiccups, he might as well cleanout his desk. Grace and peace, Mr. President.

(The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.)

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