APNU Coalition Member of Parliament Ganesh Mahipaul is pressing President Dr. Irfaan Ali to make good on his promise to publish the names of persons who allegedly obtained driver’s licences without meeting the legal requirements, saying the deadline set by the Head of State has long expired.
During a recent party press conference, Mahipaul reminded the President that in December 2025, he had publicly declared that the entire driver’s licence process had been “triangulated” and that discrepancies had been identified.
Mahipaul quoted the President as saying: “Those who obtain the licence without meeting the requirements have six weeks to surrender them. After that, we will publish the names, suspend the licence and prosecute all involved.”
According to Mahipaul, that six-week period ended in January 2026, yet no names have been made public and no such list has been released.
“Irfan Ali, six weeks ended in January of 2026. There is no list of names published,” Mahipaul said.
He then accused the President of failing to follow through on his public commitment to accountability and transparency, while suggesting that politically connected individuals may be among those implicated.
“I don’t know if it is because Irfan Ali may have seen his own name on the list that he is not publishing it, or because there are several friends, family and favourites of the People’s Progressive Party on the list,” Mahipaul said.
The opposition parliamentarian argued that the administration cannot continue to speak about good governance without taking concrete action when wrongdoing is uncovered.
“You cannot promise the Guyanese accountability, transparency and good governance in words, and when it comes to you delivering via action, you go silent. Fix the system. Fix the country. You are there for that purpose,” he added.
Mahipaul’s remarks come months after President Ali said the government had completed a sweeping audit into illegally obtained driver’s licences and warned that widespread disciplinary action was imminent.
At the time, the President said the verification exercise cross-checked every licence issued by the Guyana Revenue Authority against theoretical and practical examination records and found what he described as alarming discrepancies.
He had said the audit revealed cases in which persons were issued licences despite not having lawfully progressed through the required examination stages, and warned that both applicants and officials involved would face consequences.
The President had also said that individuals who obtained licences without passing the required exams would be given six weeks to surrender themselves and restart the process, after which their names would be published, their licences suspended, and those involved prosecuted.
To date, no public list has been released.
