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PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar was Wednesday evening a guest of honour at the Indian Commemoration Trust’s (ICT’s) Arrival Day celebrations at the Indian Monument Gardens, Church and Camp Streets in Georgetown. 
This year marks 175 years since the first indentured servants set foot in the New World, as it was then called, only a few months before the official end of slavery.
The president said that the Indian indentured immigrants were a resilient people as they have made tremendous contributions to Guyana’s development in the face of great exploitation and oppression.
“Today, as we look back, we have a lot to admire in terms of what has been achieved from the moment they arrived. The Indian workers played a central role in almost every important struggle in our country and many of them lost their lives in the process,” the Head of State reminded.
He called on those in attendance to strive to build a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural country that is second to none. Such a diverse country, he said, can be much stronger than a monolithic type society.
“Our task must be to deepen our integration, deepen our unity, so that we can move our country forward, and we must work against anything that will hinder the development of our society,” he urged.
The $31B cut to the 2013 national budget, he said, is one such issue that Guyanese must fight against. From an economic standpoint, this move by the parliamentary Opposition can slow down development of Guyana.
Arrival Day in Guyana will be celebrated on May 5.
This year marks 175 years since the first indentured servants set foot in the New World, as it was then called, only a few months before the official end of slavery.The president said that the Indian indentured immigrants were a resilient people as they have made tremendous contributions to Guyana’s development in the face of great exploitation and oppression.
“Today, as we look back, we have a lot to admire in terms of what has been achieved from the moment they arrived. The Indian workers played a central role in almost every important struggle in our country and many of them lost their lives in the process,” the Head of State reminded.
He called on those in attendance to strive to build a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural country that is second to none. Such a diverse country, he said, can be much stronger than a monolithic type society.
“Our task must be to deepen our integration, deepen our unity, so that we can move our country forward, and we must work against anything that will hinder the development of our society,” he urged.
The $31B cut to the 2013 national budget, he said, is one such issue that Guyanese must fight against. From an economic standpoint, this move by the parliamentary Opposition can slow down development of Guyana.
Arrival Day in Guyana will be celebrated on May 5.
