{"id":26084,"date":"2025-02-01T22:13:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26084"},"modified":"2025-02-01T22:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T22:13:28","slug":"president-ali-governments-development-strategy-remains-focused-on-the-people-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/president-ali-governments-development-strategy-remains-focused-on-the-people-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ali: Government\u2019s Development Strategy Remains Focused on the People in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Radha Motielall, NCN News \u2013 December 31, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured the public that the government&#8217;s development strategy will remain centered on the people, even as the country approaches the 2025 general and regional elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at State House today, President Ali emphasized that his government\u2019s strategy has always been driven by the needs and aspirations of the people, not by an election timetable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated, &#8220;I do not run my government based on an election timetable but on what the people require to enjoy a better standard of living.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the topic of elections, the President addressed concerns about the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and their ability to conduct the upcoming polls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He confirmed that GECOM\u2019s needs will be fully addressed in the 2025 budget, ensuring the body has the necessary resources to conduct free and fair elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>General and Regional Elections are constitutionally due in the latter half of 2025, and the PPP\/C administration is committed to providing the support necessary for the smooth execution of the electoral process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Radha Motielall, NCN News \u2013 December 31, 2024 President Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured the public that the government&#8217;s development strategy will remain centered on the people, even as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,363,350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-national-transformation","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26085,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26084\/revisions\/26085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}