By Mark DaCosta- The Alliance For Change (AFC) has renewed its demand for a full, independent inquiry into how President Irfaan Ali’s vast agricultural estate was paid for, arguing that recent attempts to explain the funding of the venture have only deepened public suspicion. The party contends that the figures so far placed in the public domain cannot possibly account for an enterprise widely valued in the billions of dollars, and that Guyanese are entitled to an honest account of where the money came from. The concerns were set out in a press release dated July 16, 2026.

The statement is the latest salvo in a controversy that has gripped our nation since drone footage and photographs of the President’s more than150-acre ranch at Long Creek, along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, were circulated by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed earlier this month.

President Ali has since confirmed that the property is his, insisting that it was acquired before he took office and developed through bank borrowings that can be independently verified. Yet the sheer scale of the complex, with its livestock pens, ponds, greenhouses and guest facilities, has kept the question of financing at the centre of national debate.