‘You tested him and he proved himself in hard times’ – Manickchand urges Region 3 to re-elect Irfaan Ali

In the presence of thousands of people at Stewartville, West Coast Demerara on Sunday, Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, urged Guyanese to vote President Irfaan Ali back into office at the September 1 general and regional elections.

Comparing Ali to the genip season of “taste and buy”, Manickchand reminded residents at the PPP/C rally that they have already “tasted” him.

“You’ve seen him come through in hard times and good times for you.

“We [have] tasted Irfaan, he is sweet, he is juicy, he is plumb with goodness, and I am encouraging you to buy him again on September 1. Because when you buy him with your vote…you know what you’re getting in the next five years,” Manickchand said.

She reminded Guyanese of life under the former APNU+AFC administration.

“You remember how broken and bowed and slumped shoulders we walked around with? Because we were afraid.

“We are voting for Irfaan and the PPP/C because you have tried him, you have tested him.”

She reminded that when the PPP/C assumed office in 2020, 865 children could not sit in a secondary school because there was no space for them.

“There was no space for them because the previous government did not build a single secondary school in five years and in his three-and-a-half-year term, Irfaan is building five secondary schools in Region Three alone,” Manickchand said.

She noted that a vote for the PPP/C is a vote for their future and their children’s future.

“To stand with the PPP/C is to stand up for yourself, it’s to look after yourself, it’s to make sure your children have a future you never even could have dreamt of.

“It is to make sure your parents can retire in dignity,” the education minister concluded.