The Alliance For Change (AFC) has criticised President Irfaan Ali’s remarks at the Enmore Martyrs commemoration, saying the Head of State used the occasion to advance a revisionist account of Guyana’s political history and the circumstances that led to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic’s (PPP/C) removal from office in 2015.

In a strongly worded statement, the AFC said a solemn event dedicated to honouring the five sugar workers killed during the 1948 Enmore strike was transformed into a political platform where the President sought to reinterpret one of the most significant electoral outcomes in Guyana’s modern history.

“The President’s attempt to portray the PPP as a perpetual victim of political circumstances is both misleading and insulting to the intelligence and lived experiences of Guyanese citizens,” the party said.