Guyana’s late president Forbes Burnham was the author of social cohesion and of national unity, according to President David Granger who hailed the former Head of State during a wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday to commemorate the 31st anniversary of Burnham’s death.
The wreath-laying ceremony was held at the Mausoleum at the Seven Ponds in the Botanical Gardens where the former President was laid to rest, a report from the Ministry of the Presidency said. Burnham was Guyana’s first Executive President and founder of the People’s National Congress (PNC). He served as Prime Minister of Guyana from 1964 and as President from 1980 until the time of his death in 1985 at the age of 62.
President Granger in his remarks said Burnham was the author of social cohesion and architect of national unity, who transformed Guyana from a divided colony to a more united and less unequal country.
