Irfaan Ali says that all oil contracts are on the table for review and renegotiation during a Guyanese critic interview on Feburary 26th, 2020. The full interview is here: https://www.facebook.com/GuyaneseCritic/videos/620064495445066/?t=3288. (As of Sept 2026 it appears this video has been removed).
Here is the transcript of the video:
Interviewer: …issue for another time. I’m going to have you another time before it’s coming out. Two things, burning questions that are affecting people. We got five minutes and I need these two questions answered. People are asking these questions.
Interviewer: The oil contract. Do you agree with the $55 billion signed away, um, Global Witness report, and will you revisit the oil contract?
Interviewee: We have made it very clear that we can never agree. How can… how can… I don’t think any Guyanese agree with this. No Guyanese. Except the government that is defending it. We can… we… we have made it very clear that we have to go towards, we’re looking at these contracts, renegotiating these contracts, looking at, uh, contract management, and all of these things. Everything we have to re-look at, because we have to ensure that our country does not get, uh, the wrong end of the stick.
Interviewer: So everything is on the table for review as it relates to oil contracts.
Interviewee: Review, yes. Review and renegotiate.
Interviewer: The next thing.
