On the very day that acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Priya Manickchand delivered her “feral blast” at former US ambassador Brent Hardt, the ruling PPP set the tone when it issued a statement calling Hardt an “interloper” in the domestic politics of Guyana.
In a statement on July 2, the PPP referred to an address by Hardt at a function hosted by the Blue CAPS’ non-governmental organisation. The PPP accused Hardt – who has since left the country, his tenure having come to an end – of displaying “his proclivity for petty, partisan and