No changes in US-Guyana policies with new President−Ambassador

With the election of a new United States (US) President, Guyana has been assured that there will be no changes in the policies between the two countries.

US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway
US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway

United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway on Monday said that his country looks forward to continuing its relationship with Guyana and that no matter who is voted into the White House today, there will be no significant changes to US policies here.

“I wouldn’t predict who would be the winner but I will say I’ll be glad it’s over; it’s been a long, hard, tough, interesting campaign. I have been working in the US Government for 28 years and I have worked for both Republican and Democratic Presidents and my experience has been that US policies do not change when whoever is occupying the White House changes, so I look forward for us having continued close ties with Guyana no matter who wins tomorrow night. I will not talk about the individual candidates, but I would say it is one thing to campaign and another to govern, but my experience is the policies do not change significantly when the White House candidates change,” he told the media in an invited comment.

Americans, who did not vote in the early voting, will head to the poles today to cast their ballots for a new President.

Meanwhile, for Guyanese Americans and Americans living here, they were allowed the opportunity to register and have their votes sent home. However, that process is now closed.

“It’s too late now, because there was a process to come into the embassy and register. Voting in the US is based on the State you’re from, not nationwide; it’s state by state and local. The embassy was able to help many Guyanese Americans living here, to register and send their votes off, but the rules and regulations vary by each state, but now absentee ballots are now closed in almost every state, they would have already had to vote”, he told the media, continuing that there was a large amount of voters.

Holloway said on Monday that the United States Government is working hard to forge a closer and more productive partnership with the government and people of Guyana to help build a more prosperous, secure, democratic and healthy Guyana.

“Our talented and hard-working personnel at the US Mission in Guyana seek to achieve this through active diplomatic engagement, targeted development assistance, and an active two-way flow of people, ideas, and information. Our Mission will continue to work with the government and people of Guyana to solidify the gains in democratic governance, bolster economic growth, and promote equality and opportunity, particularly for young people, women, the disabled, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities,” he said. (Alexis Rodney)