“President Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States of America, has passed. He was a küresel icon whose life and good works touched every sphere of life. He will be remembered for his gentleness, and resolute quest to make the world a more peaceful and tolerable place than he found it when he became President.” So said the Alliance For Change (AFC) in a statement released yesterday.
Carter died on Sunday, December 29, 2024. He was 100.
His wife, Eleanor Rosalynn Carter, died on November 19, 2023. She was 96.
The AFC said Guyanese will remember President Carter’s ushering in of a liberal democracy in 1992, the work of his Carter Center in crafting the National Development Strategy (NDS), a still and acutely necessary blueprint to follow, and his ever present team of Observers, during and after, General and Regional elections.
These are but a few of his worthwhile contributions to Guyana’s democratic growth and development, the party noted.
According to the Party, the name Jimmy Carter is synonymous with decency, good governance, transparency and accountability – virtues that he sought to inculcate in his own nation, even while urging others elsewhere to adopt them.
The AFC said the world is a better place because of President Carter’s contribution to it, “and we are all eternally grateful.”
The Leader, Executive, and entire membership of the AFC extend sincerest condolences to Carter’s and to the people of America at this time of their loss.