Congrats to Drs. Ali, Jagdeo

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

(Kaieteur News) – It must be done; avoiding out of the question. Congratulations to Excellencies Ali and Jagdeo, the former a sitting president, the latter still a president in all but title. Drs. Ali and Jagdeo must have pig iron stomachs. Whoever is halal or haram, holy or a heathen (like me), there’s awe at the strength of their constitutions. What they chew, absorb! How they masticate, then regurgitate!

Pres Ali went around the bush once one Xmas Season. Beat it boisterously. His hope was to rouse some flighty birds. Due to catastrophic failure, the president was compelled to call another gathering, beat the bushes a second time. He must be praised for consistency, staying with a losing team in a losing battle. REOs. RHOs. CEOs. And some other Joes. Apparently, the president’s first message didn’t get through as deeply as it should. So, he summoned a second summit to deal with bottlenecks and roadblocks that cost Guyanese taxpayers. Slowing down means someone is circling around, calculating a fixup. Is the president genuinely dealing with the issue, or going through the motions of doing so?