PEOPLE’S National Congress Reform (PNCR) Chairman Basil Williams, SC., last week met with the Florida Chapter of the North American Region (NAR) of his party to update them on developments in Guyana, while encouraging them to return home to invest.

Williams stressed the need for members of the diaspora to return home to not only cash in on the opportunities which exist, but to contribute meaningfully to the country with their acquired skills.

Williams, who is also Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, reminded party faithful that Guyana will benefit significantly in the future from oil revenues.
Guyana is expecting significant economic growth when oil production starts here in 2020.
As a result, he stressed that a number of opportunities will become available not only to locals, but also to those who are from the diaspora.

Several members of the Jamaican and Trinidad diaspora also attended and Williams promoted Guyana as an excellent investment destination for CARICOM nationals.
The meeting, scheduled for 90 minutes at Lallo’s Caribbean in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday, 18 April, 2018, lasted over three hours and saw executives of the Florida NAR and other members of the diaspora fielding questions about Guyana.

“The enthusiasm of the attendees affirmed continuous support for Guyana’s coalition government,” a statement said. According to the statement, the attorney general was called to explain the depth of his portfolio which was compared by many in the diaspora to that of the attorney general of the US.

Questions pertaining to charging members of the former administration with acts of corruption relative to the theft of state assets, was a prominent feature of the meeting. Williams explained how the judicial system works in Guyana and the challenges which currently exist.

Additionally, his chairmanship of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) was discussed, along with the role he is playing to ensure that Guyana remains compliant with Anti-Money Laundering regulations.

The meeting was chaired by Vice- Chairman, Florida NAR Jerome Bulkan, Treasurer Keith Eric Munroe and Secretary Lynette Roberts.

Upon the conclusion of the three-hour-long meeting, Williams was presented with a plaque by the executive members of the Florida NAR group of the PNCR.