As of Monday, October 12, 2026, Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has declined to address key questions surrounding the future of Daniel Seeram, the convicted coordinator of the country’s Border Patrol Unit (BPU), ahead of his sentencing scheduled for early November.
Seeram, a former Guyana Defence Force captain and ex-Region Four chairman who served from 2020 to 2025 under the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition ticket, was found guilty of assaulting his ex-wife and causing actual bodily harm in an incident dating back to September 11, 2023. Currently remanded in custody ahead of his November 2 sentencing, Seeram has launched an appeal against the magistrate’s conviction and is also challenging a High Court decision that refused judicial review of the lower court’s ruling. He has additionally requested that the Guyana Court of Appeal grant him pre-sentencing bail.
When reporters from Demerara Waves Online News pressed President Ali on whether he would consider using presidential clemency, a power granted to the executive under Guyana’s Constitution, to pardon Seeram after his sentencing, Ali offered little clarity. “I’m not even in that space as yet,” the head of state told reporters. He went on to emphasize his commitment to legal process, noting, “this is a President that has always acted within the confines of the law; I believe in that.”
The president also remained silent on a second pressing question: whether he would request Seeram step down from his BPU coordinator role, a position Seeram was appointed to only in April 2026. No official statement from the president’s office on the matter has been issued as of the latest update.