Jul 08, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

(Kaieteur News) – The disclosures pinpointed monumental asset accumulations with Pres Ali’s name immovably affixed. He has acknowledged that the farm property is his. A great start. So also, all the inanimate structures, and all the thriving, exotic, life forms, that form part of a physical animal farm. He admits they have been in his portfolio for years. Years prior to his ascendancy to the number one office in Guyana. It’s not an office to be trifled with: many citizens revere the very title. Even seen by some as sacred. Due to the developments now moving like an out-of-control avalanche around this much-talked about farm, and not in a good way, Pres Ali has his work cut out for him. He must go all out to protect the presidency. He must leave no stone unturned in his efforts to help the presidency emerge from a grim condition to a clean light. One that’s better than when this deluge of revelations shocked Guyanese silly, and left them stunned. My kind counsel to the president is that he proves he has nothing to hide. And because he has nothing to fear, there will only be the straightest, cleanest, and most persuasive of outcomes about this farm. Neither subterfuge nor complexity will intervene in the days ahead.

In the aftermath of Mr. Azruddin Mohamed’s disclosures, it’s vital that Pres Ali discerns that he has a matter before him that calls for the best that’s in him. He defends himself strongly, while manifesting new levels of wisdom. The wisdom that goes beyond himself. Place this whole matter, Mr. President, in the hands of others. Others outside of Guyana. He is the sitting head-of-state.