Granger says President should be engaging with Opposition Leader

Former President David Granger has suggested that if President Irfaan Ali is truly interested in “accelerating Guyana’s development” he will engage with the Opposition Leader as required by the Constitution rather than hold lunch meetings with his predecessors.

“If we are talking about Guyana’s development how could we rule out the Leader of the Opposition? How we could we rule out the National Assembly? How could we rule out 31 parliamentarians? What am I going to do there that can actually accelerate Guyana’s development [when] a former President doesn’t have a constitutional role?” Granger asked during the most recent edition of his party’s Public Interest Programme.

The former president stressed that while he is not likely to turn away from an opportunity to develop Guyana he is also not going to waste time.