East Bank Demerara : Thousands of Guyanese braved the inclement weather and poured into the Guyana National Stadium yesterday afternoon in support of the President’s Appreciation Day programme despite heavy encouragement by opposition forces to boycott.
President Jagdeo spoke with a debt of gratitude to the organizers of the event which he described as rare for a farewell gift to an outgoing Head of State but, which sends a strong message about Guyana as a mature nation.
His 30-minute speech centered on encouraging messages for Guyanese to always keep the faith and hold firm to things Guyanese instead of being sidetracked by detractors whose aim is to create division.
“I ask that you fiercely defend the interest of this nation. Our interests are often aligned to the interest of the rest of the world. We live in a global community, many of the things that we want here for Guyana, we have to support elsewhere; democracy, progress, absence of bigotry, fighting racism,” President Jagdeo said.
While calling on Guyanese to recognize that Guyana is part of the global community the Head of State cautioned strongly against allowing foreign interests to influence Guyana’s agenda.
The President’s remarks came after a well choreographed cultural presentation, Parachute jumping by the Guyana Defense Force and messages of appreciation by prominent regional and international figures such as Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Ralph Gonsalves, Sir Shridat Ramphal and Chairman of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri.
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