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The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) has written President Irfaan Ali requesting urgent meeting to discuss pursuing the goals as outlined by United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent as part of de-escalating the current tensions.
Such goals, the organisation said, while being pursued by the African community itself, cannot be achieved without the facilitation of the State and the Government in particular.
IDPADA-G was established with the objective of providing an institutional approach, by the African Guyanese community, for the pursuit and attainment of the goals of the United Nations Decade -broadly reflected in its themes of Recognition, Justice, and Development for the People of African Descent.
Refer to IDPADA-G’s letter below:
His Excellency Irfaan Ali
President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Office of the President
Shiv Chandrapaul Drive
Bourda
Georgetown.
Open Letter to the President
Your Excellency,
The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) was established with the objective of providing an institutional approach, by the African Guyanese community, for the pursuit and attainment of the goals of the United Nations Decade – broadly reflected in its themes of Recognition, Justice, and Development for the People of African Descent.
Such goals, while being pursued by the community itself, cannot be achieved without the facilitation of the State and the Government in particular. To that end IDPADA-G wrote to you requesting a meeting. The letter was delivered to your office on July 12, 2022 and again on August 2, 2O22. The Chairman also sent a similar written request on September 5, 2O22. In response we received oral commitments from you on three occasions, however those commitments have not fructified.
With the passage of time that meeting continues to be outstanding. It is self-evident that good relations between the Government and IDPADA-G are central to improving the overall relationship with the African Guyanese community. With that in mind, given the thorny relationship between the Government and people of African Descent, constructive engagement between the Government and IDPADA-G is evidently urgently needed at this time.
We, therefore, look forward to enhanced engagement between the Government and IDPADA- G as a representative body of African Guyanese who are concerned about issues including land rights, greater tolerance and respect for dissenting views, equity, and fair competition.
Given the clear need for an urgent engagement as a consequence of the emergent situation, IDAPADA-G once again requests a meeting with Your Excellency to discuss matters pertaining to the Decade as well as current and looming problems manifesting themselves.
IDPADA-G therefore looks forward to an urgent meeting with you and to your attention and consideration in the interest of pursuing the goals of the Decade and deescalating the current tensions.
Sincerely,
Mr. Vincent Alexander
Chairman
