Dear Editor
I AGREE that State properties must be utilised for national purposes.The comments of the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs on the utilisation of Red House have merit, and repossession should be pursued and supported.

I did not see the late Arthur Chung, Guyana’s first President, being mentioned in the esteemed list of former Presidents in a recent article in one of our dailies on the subject of Red House. While President Chung’s role and function were titular in nature, he has nevertheless earned his place in this country, and in any future role Red House might play regarding former Presidents.

In fact, I suggest this goes even further, before President Chung, to our only Guyanese Governor-General, the late Sir David Rose, whose young life was so tragically snuffed out.

It is prudent to note that November 10 marks another anniversary of the death of this fine son of the soil. I think he also has earned a deserving place in Red House as a former ‘Head’ of this country.
One wonders, though, whether Red House will, in time to come, be able to take off the many future presidents. For now, though, it is only right that its use be for the national good, and I personally do not see the need to re-paint the building. Red House is significant and historical, and we would do well to honour our former Presidents in this fine building.
Shamshun Mohamed