Jun 21, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

(Kaieteur News) – Guyanese should get first prize for their tolerance for bull, their bottomless reservoir of docility. And humour. They have grown in those respects relative to their head-of-state. Whatever has taken over his head, the astonishing is what results. Time and place ignored. No matter how sacred. Solemn occasions fall by the wayside. By the time, Excellency Ali gets through with his message, Guyanese are not only left openmouthed. They are left wondering what planet they are on, and what they did to deserve their fate. An encounter with their glorious national leader, Dr. Irfaan Ali. For there is a presidential figure who gets overexcited, goes overboard, and grows increasingly overbearing. Recall what I said about first prize for Guyanese and the basis for that conclusion.

“It is the People’s Progressive Party that has successfully increased the base upon which every worker in this country stands.” And not satisfied with his verbal extravagance, flew all the way to the moon to emphasise his points. “Five years ago, the struggle was for a higher threshold. We delivered. The struggle was for higher salaries. We delivered. The struggle was for a better pension. We delivered.”