Dear Editor,

I would like to announce that I am withdrawing my Presidential candidacy from the 2025 Regional and General Elections. This has been an extremely interesting journey since 2020 when I first made it public that I intend to run for President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana in 2025. I have had discussions with my family, advisers and others and have concluded that this is an appropriate decision, at this point.

During this period, I developed the ‘Give Audreyanna a Chance’ to be the next President campaign and the ‘Building Our Dream Guyana’ campaign/movement. My request was to ‘Give Audreyanna a Chance’ to work with the Guyanese people to ‘Build Our Dream Guyana’ and achieve One People, One Nation, One Destiny; to provide strong leadership; to work with the Guyanese people to build strong families; to work with the Guyanese people to build strong communities; to work with the Guyanese people to build strong organisations and institutions; to work with the Guyanese People to develop strong citizenship; to work with the Guyanese people to build a strong economy; to work with the Guyanese people to build strong bonds; and to work with Guyanese to build a strong Guyana.

We developed a framework for a 10 to 15 years ‘National Economic and Social Development Strategy/Plan’ built on eight areas: The Green Economy, Blue Economy, Agricultural Economy, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas Economy, Knowledge Economy, Service Economy, and Natural Resources Economy. I will continue to work with my ‘constituencies’ in communities between Supply to Timehri on the East Bank of Demerara, communities on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway and communities around La Harmonie, West Bank, Demerara. At Coverden, on the East Bank, we have a plan to transform the village into a ‘Country Town’ with new housing communities; and agricultural, tourism and semi-industrial activities.

In the communities around La Harmonie on the West Bank, Demerara, our focus is on agriculture, tourism and semi-industrial. A few of our activities are to develop a major coconut estate, eco and agricultural tourism and revive the housing communities. About two generations ago, these communities had over 250 residents, however, due to the lack of facilities, such as potable water, electricity and all-weather roads, many people moved out of the area. I will continue to work to rebuild these communities. Thank you to the Region Three Chairman and the government, as a result of our advocacy, La Harmonie and other communities on the West Bank, Demerara will now have all-weather roads. Some families have lived there for more than 150 years without all-weather roads and the only means of access was by crossing the Demerara River. We will continue to engage the Regional Chairman and Regional Democratic Council and the government to have portable water, electricity, and other facilities in these communities.

I will continue to work in areas of sustainable development, sustainable business, environment, climate change, health, rule of law, among others. My focus will continue to be on ensuring that there is respect for the rule of law, human dignity and that we develop and sustain strong institutions. My leadership style is transformational, so I hope to continue to not merely influence change, but transformation of the lives of individuals, communities, etc. To the Guyanese people, I have no doubt that our ‘Oh Beautiful Guyana’ is in good hands. I look forward to continuing to make my contributions.

Sincerely,

Citizen Audreyanna Thomas