GEORGETOWN, Guyana – July 7, 2026 – Guyana’s second-largest parliamentary opposition bloc, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) led by the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), has publicly called on President Irfaan Ali to release a complete breakdown of his personal finances to verify that his acquisition of a sprawling 150-acre agricultural property along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway aligns with his reported income and documented borrowing.
In an official statement released Tuesday, the 12-seat opposition coalition emphasized that in a functional democratic system, no public official – regardless of the highest office in the land – is exempt from public oversight. The group argued that Ali is obligated to address growing public questions and deliver the level of accountability that Guyanese citizens are entitled to expect from their head of state.
“PNCR/APNU calls on the President to make full public disclosure of all his income, assets, liabilities, and the specific financial arrangements underpinning the acquisition and development of these lands,” the statement read. “Full transparency would serve to dispel existing doubts, strengthen public trust in government, and demonstrate a clear commitment to the core principles of good governance.”
The demand follows viral public scrutiny sparked earlier this week when Azruddin Mohamed, leader of the 16-seat main opposition party We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), published a video tour of the highly developed, modern agricultural operation on the site. Mohamed labeled the property a private ranch, noting it includes commercial livestock enclosures, fruit orchards, a private on-site electricity transmission network, climate-controlled ventilated poultry tunnel houses, shaded crop growing structures, cattle barns, and multi-level housing for sheep.
Responding to the initial revelations over the weekend, President Ali confirmed he is the legal owner of the farm, but pushed back against allegations of impropriety. He stated that his asset declarations filed with Guyana’s Integrity Commission, paired with official banking records, confirm he funded the property and its development through personal borrowing. A former Minister of Housing and Water, Ali vehemently denied abusing his public office to acquire the land or secure the infrastructure for the project, adding that most long-time political observers and Guyanese citizens were already aware of his ownership of the farm.
“There is absolutely no State involvement or no State financing for any single thing on my farm. It is in existence long before I became President and all of my assets have been declared to the Integrity Commission,” Ali told Demerara Waves Online in an interview Sunday. “Further to my assets being declared to the Integrity Commission, the financial system can verify and support every single investment I have made, and all my assets and liabilities which include my loan. So it is completely false that any part of this was supported by any State investment.”
PNCR/APNU however pointed to a previous unresolved legal matter to back its call for full disclosure: the bloc noted that 19 fraud-related charges against Ali were ultimately dropped after he assumed the presidency, one of which specifically concerned parcels of land along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway. “The recent revelations regarding these lands are therefore not new and raise serious questions that demand clear and transparent answers,” the coalition said.
The opposition is demanding Ali explicitly confirm whether he is the full beneficial owner of the farm land, and address questions over the property’s financing. Local reports put the annual lease payment for the land at approximately 25 million Guyanese dollars, a sum that PNCR/APNU argues demands public explanation. “The Guyanese people deserve to know how such payments are being financed and whether they are consistent with his declared sources of income,” the statement added.
Ali’s monthly salary as President currently sits just under 4 million Guyanese dollars.
The coalition stressed that as head of state, Ali holds a legal fiduciary responsibility to the people of Guyana and is required to uphold the highest standards of transparency and accountability. “The public is entitled to know how this wealth was acquired and whether all relevant declarations have been made in accordance with the law,” the statement concluded.