The parliamentary opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has called on President Mohamed Irfaan Ali to resign to facilitate an independent forensic investigation into his reported farming operation at Long Creek, asserting that the state land allocation system has been manipulated to benefit those connected to political power.

The call came during a press conference on Friday, where APNU—which holds 12 of the Opposition’s 29 seats in the 65-member National Assembly—asserted that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration has presided over a land distribution system that favours the politically connected while tens of thousands of Guyanese remain on waiting lists for house lots and agricultural lands.

“The APNU condemns the glaring double standard that has become the hallmark of the PPP Government under President Irfaan Ali,” the party declared in a statement.