As the Guyana Government continues to make significant investments in building out a modern country and a system that consistently delivers excellent services to citizens, President Dr Irfaan Ali has affirmed that the attitude of ‘trying to beat the system’ must be eradicated.

“Hear me now, a system is only as good as the people who use the system. So, we can have the best system, but if you still want to find a way to beat the system, or if your only intention is to find the back door or the side door, then you will be contributing to the problems,” the President explained during an outreach in Region Six.

“So, you have a responsibility to do what is right within the system, to follow the system, to work with the system. That is the only way the system can deliver. When those who are entrusted with managing the system and those who are using the system allow the system to function and the system to work,” he added.

For example, the President addressed the issue of bribery, even in the simplest form.

“You can’t want to turn up at 10 o’clock and to get ahead of a line of 10 people, you decide you’re going to give the security guard a raise. That mindset must change and that takes the collective effort of all of us,” he reasoned.

The same concept, he noted, applies to traffic matters. “You can’t want speed down the road, that is why we put in the electronic ticketing system, and when the police stop you and say participate in some transaction that is illegal, you’re part of the problem,” he contended.