DISTINGUISHED Guyanese Statesman and former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Sir Shridath Ramphal has offered to help the Government in any way he can.Sir Shridath made the offer during a courtesy call yesterday on President David Granger at the Office of the Presidency.
He reassured the President that he was available to him and to Guyana at all times. Following the meeting, the Caribbean icon said, “We reviewed old times together, and some of the challenges faced by the new Government going forward. And anything I can do to help in that process, I want to do.”
Sir Shridath described this phase in the country’s history as “A new time for Guyana; a great moment of starting over. And all of us who can pitch in must do that now, and make his administration the success that the people obviously want it to be.”
He added that it is a Government that has not been in office for a long time, hence it “needs time to find its feet, it needs help in finding its feet, we should all be ready to give that help.”
Sir Shridath Surendranath “Sonny” Ramphal served as the second Commonwealth Secretary-General from 1975 to 1990. He previously served as the Foreign Minister of Guyana, from 1972 to 1975, and Assistant Attorney-General of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. (GINA)